Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hippocampal activation by acute stress are age-dependent

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 992-1002

  Chen, Y ^a   Fenoglio, K A ^a   Dube C M ^a   Grigoriadis, D E ^b   Baram, T Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CREB; CRF; CRF1; CRH; CRH receptor; Fos; Hippocampus; pCREB; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

3 (6 DIMETHYLAMINO 4 METHYL 3 PYRIDINYL) 7 DIPROPYLAMINO 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750314483     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001863     Document Type: Article

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