Acute stress further decreases the effect of ovariectomy on immobility behavior and hippocampal cell survival in rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1407-1417

  Vega Rivera, Nelly M ^a,b   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^b   Ramírez Rodríguez, Gerardo ^a   Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Cell proliferation; Cell survival; Forced swimming test; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; NEUROGENESIS; OVARIECTOMY; PROESTRUS; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878658446     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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