Chronic restraint stress in adolescence differentially influences hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and adult hippocampal neurogenesis in male and female rats

Hippocampus

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1216-1227

  Barha, Cindy K ^a   Brummelte, Susanne ^a   Lieblich, Stephanie E ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cell proliferation; Cell survival; Corticosterone; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80054850054     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20829     Document Type: Article

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