Impact of glucocorticoids on brain function: Relevance for mood disorders

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-414

  Joëls, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Chronic stress; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHRONIC STRESS; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956945170     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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