Local amplification of glucocorticoids in the aging brain and impaired spatial memory

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Yau, Joyce L W ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 HSD1; Corticosterone; Cortisol; CYP7B1; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids; Watermaze

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; AMILORIDE; CARBENOXOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CYP7B1; CYTOCHROME; GLUCOCORTICOID; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; UE 1961; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84866037846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00024     Document Type: Article

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