Differential effects of stress on adult hippocampal cell proliferation in low and high aggressive mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 489-498

  Veenema, Alexa H ^a,d   De Kloet, E R ^b   De Wilde, M C ^a   Roelofs, A J ^a   Kawata, M ^c   Buwalda, B ^a   Neumann, I D ^d   Koolhaas, J M ^a   Lucassen, P J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BrdU; Coping style; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampal plasticity; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS;

EID: 34547425328     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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