Glucocorticoids decrease astrocyte numbers by reducing glucocorticoid receptor expression in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Unemura, Kazuhiro ^a   Kume, Toshiaki ^a   Kondo, Minami ^a   Maeda, Yuki ^a   Izumi, Yasuhiko ^a   Akaike, Akinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Astrocyte; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MIFEPRISTONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MONOCULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 84861464866     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.12047FP     Document Type: Article

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