The orexigenic hormone acyl-ghrelin increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis and enhances pattern separation

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 431-439

  Kent, Brianne A ^a,b   Beynon, Amy L ^c   Hornsby, Amanda K E ^c   Bekinschtein, Pedro ^a   Bussey, Timothy J ^a,b   Davies, Jeffrey S ^c   Saksida, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis; Ghrelin; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

ACYL GHRELIN; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GHRELIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GHRELIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84920626940     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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