Predatory stress induces hippocampal cell death by apoptosis in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-120

  Zhao, Hu ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Xu, Xiaohu ^a   Young, Derson ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Behavior; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Predatory stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL STRESS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEURONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250212884     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.084     Document Type: Article

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