Impact of glucocorticoids and chronic stress on progression of Parkinson's disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 952-956

  Kibel, Aleksandar ^a   Drenjančević Perić, Ines ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CHRONIC STRESS; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 54049147675     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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