Stress, glucocorticoid receptors, and adult neurogenesis: A balance between excitation and inhibition?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2499-2515

  Saaltink, Dirk Jan ^a   Vreugdenhil, Erno ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DCX; Dentate gyrus; Depression; Glutamate; Hippocampus; MicroRNA; Neural stem cell; Post mitotic maturation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AGING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903273556     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1568-5     Document Type: Review

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