Cannabinoids ameliorate impairments induced by chronic stress to synaptic plasticity and short-term memory

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1521-1534

  Abush, Hila ^a   Akirav, Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

cannabinoids; chronic stress; glucocorticoid receptors; LTP; short term memory; WIN55,212 2

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BENZOXAZINES; CANNABINOIDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84879421380     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.51     Document Type: Article

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