Glutamate and GABA imbalance promotes neuronal apoptosis in hippocampus after stress

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 499-512

  Gao, Jie ^a   Wang, He ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Li, Ying Yu ^a   Chen, Can ^a   Liu, Liang Ming ^a   Wu, Ya Min ^a   Li, Sen ^a   Yang, Ce ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Central Nervous System; Post Traumatic; Stress Disorders

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL HYPOACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAT; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DEXAMETHASONE; EMOTIONS; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897376197     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890589     Document Type: Review

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