Gender differences in response of hippocampus to chronic glucocorticoid stress: Role of glutamate receptors

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 775-786

  Liu, Howard H ^a   Payne, H Ross ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Brady, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Dendrite; NMDA receptors; PSD 95 DLGh4; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645294915     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20782     Document Type: Article

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