Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Hippocampus: Their Impact on Neurons Survival and Behavioral Impairment After Neonatal Brain Injury

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 391-419

  Rogalska, Justyna ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Behavior; Corticosterone; Excitotoxicity; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Neonatal asphyxia; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 77955901123     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82020-5     Document Type: Chapter

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