Adenosine A2A receptor blockade reverts hippocampal stress-induced deficits and restores corticosterone circadian oscillation

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-331

  Batalha, V L ^a   Pego, J M ^b,c   Fontinha, B M ^a   Costenla, A R ^a   Valadas, J S ^a   Baqi, Y ^d   Radjainia, H ^d   Muller C E ^d   Sebastiao A M ^a   Lopes, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adenosine A2A receptors; corticosterone; hippocampus; HPA axis; maternal separation; stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; ISTRADEFYLLINE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PURINES; RATS; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884211427     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.8     Document Type: Article

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