Effects of glucocorticoids on age-related impairments of hippocampal structure and function in mice

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-291

  He, Wen Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Jun Long ^b   Hu, Jin Feng ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Machida, Takeo ^c   Chen, Nai Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Shanxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; C57BL 6Cr mice; GCs; Hippocampus; Maze learning; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ERROR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFILAMENT; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 39149142489     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-007-9180-y     Document Type: Article

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