Mifepristone prevents stress-induced apoptosis in newborn neurons and increases ampa receptor expression in the dentate gyrus of c57/bl6 mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Llorens Martín, María ^a,b   Trejo, José L ^a,b,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIFEPRISTONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 82355188382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028376     Document Type: Article

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