Sculpting the hippocampus from within: Stress, spines, and CRH

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-324

  Maras, Pamela M ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; CRH; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Stress; Synapses

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; STEROID;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859478648     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.01.005     Document Type: Review

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