Interaction between diazepam and hippocampal corticosterone after acute stress: Impact on memory in middle-aged mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Béracochéa, Daniel ^a   Tronche, Christophe ^a,b   Coutan, Mathieu ^b   Dorey, Rodolphe ^a,b   Chauveau, Frédéric ^b   Piérard, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Benzodiazepines; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Microdialysis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84855244969     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00014     Document Type: Article

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