Corticosteroid-induced neural remodeling predicts behavioral vulnerability and resilience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3107-3112

  Gourley, Shannon L ^a,b,c   Swanson, Andrew M ^a,b   Koleske, Anthony J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN P190; RHO FACTOR; SUCROSE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENDRITIC SPINE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873649796     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2138-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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