Diurnal and stress-induced intra-hippocampal corticosterone rise attenuated in 11β-HSD1-deficient mice: A microdialysis study in young and aged mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 787-792

  Yau, Joyce L W ^a,b   Noble, June ^b   Kenyon, Christopher J ^b   Ludwig, Mike ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; CORTICOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STRESS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; AGING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRODIALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925212359     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12836     Document Type: Article

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