Hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates recovery from chronic stress-induced spatial reference memory deficits

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3351-3362

  Ortiz, J Bryce ^a   Mathewson, Coy M ^a   Hoffman, Ann N ^a   Hanavan, Paul D ^b   Terwilliger, Ernest F ^c   Conrad, Cheryl D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Radial arm water maze; Rat; Recovery of function; Resilience; Short hairpin RNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ADRENAL WEIGHT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; RNA SEQUENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; EXERCISE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DOWN-REGULATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84932107660     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12703     Document Type: Article

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