Hippocampal dysfunction and cognitive impairments provoked by chronic early-life stress involve excessive activation of CRH receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 13005-13015

  Ivy, Autumn S ^a   Rex, Christopher S ^a   Chen, Yuncai ^a   Dubé, Céline ^a   Maras, Pamela M ^a   Grigoriadis, Dimitri E ^b   Gall, Christine M ^a   Lynch, Gary ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957355154     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1784-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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