Chronic stress-induced hippocampal vulnerability: The glucocorticoid vulnerability hypothesis

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-411

  Conrad, Cheryl D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Major depressive disorder; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

BRAIN DEGENERATION; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CHRONIC STRESS; CUSHING DISEASE; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPAL DEGENERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 60849109938     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2008.19.6.395     Document Type: Review

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