Mice overexpressing corticotropin-releasing factor show brain atrophy and motor dysfunctions

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Goebel, Miriam ^a   Fleming, Sheila M ^b   Million, Mulugeta ^a   Stengel, Andreas ^a   Taché, Yvette ^a   Wang, Lixin ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cushing's syndrome; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Motor functions

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAM CROSSING; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC STRESS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FEMALE; GAIT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIDE LENGTH; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAIT; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950628867     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.068     Document Type: Article

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