Corticosteroid regulation of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 462-469

  Maggio, Nicola ^a,b   Segal, Menahem ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; LTD; LTP; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; STRESS HORMONE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 77951721727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.48     Document Type: Short Survey

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