Brief treatment with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone normalises the corticosterone-induced reduction of adult hippocampal neurogenesis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 629-631

  Mayer, J L ^b   Klumpers, L ^a   Maslam, S ^a   de Kloet, E R ^b   Joels M ^a   Lucassen, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Doublecortin; Neurogenesis; RU38486; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33745728406     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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