Delayed effects of elevated corticosterone level on volume of hippocampal formation in laboratory rat

Physiological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 985-996

  Zach, P ^a,c   Mrzilkova J ^a   Rezacova L ^b   Stuchlik A ^b   Vales K ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Lateralization; Long Evans rat; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 78651464228     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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