Modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by thyroid hormones: Implications in depressive-like behavior

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-371

  Montero Pedrazuela, A ^a   Venero, C ^b   Lavado Autric, R ^a   Fernandez Lamo I ^a   Garcia Verdugo J M ^c   Bernal, J ^a   Guadano Ferraz A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Dentate gyrus; Depressive disorder; Doublecortin; Proliferation; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEM CELLS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33645527843     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001802     Document Type: Article

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