Effect of corticosterone on developing hippocampus: Short-term and long-term outcomes

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-349

  He, Wen Bin ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Machida, Takeo ^b   Chen, Nai Hong ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Development; Glucocorticoid; Infant mice; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; OLIVE OIL;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 63849145900     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20523     Document Type: Article

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