Toward a limbic cortical inhibitory network: Implications for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses following chronic stress

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Radley, Jason J ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis; Dendritic spine; Hippocampus; HPA axis; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex; Ventral subiculum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84859779290     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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