Long-term effects of multiple glucocorticoid exposures in neonatal mice

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-30

  Maloney, Susan E ^a   Noguchi, Kevin K ^a   Wozniak, David F ^a   Fowler, Stephen C ^b   Farber, Nuri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptotic cell death; Cerebellum; Complex activity wheel; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid; Internal granule layer; Motor co ordination; Neuromotor deficits; Neuron loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872385361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/behavsci1010004     Document Type: Article

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