Stress and Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

Stress - From Molecules to Behavior: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Neurobiology of Stress Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-91

  Kirby, Elizabeth D ^a   Kaufer, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BrdU; Differentiation; Glucocorticoid; HPA axis; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis; Proliferation; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860130055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628346.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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