Regulation of excitatory synapses by stress hormones

Synaptic Stress and Pathogenesis of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 19-32

  Joëls, Marian ^a   Krugers, Harm ^b   Karst, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84927763622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1056-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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