Correlated memory defects and hippocampal dendritic spine loss after acute stress involve corticotropin-releasing hormone signaling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 13123-13128

  Chen, Yuncai ^a   Rex, Christopher S ^a   Rice, Courtney J ^a   Dubé, Céline M ^a   Gall, Christine M ^a   Lynch, Gary ^a   Barama, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

3 (6 DIMETHYLAMINO 4 METHYL 3 PYRIDINYL) 7 DIPROPYLAMINO 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACUTE STRESS; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955604556     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003825107     Document Type: Article

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