Stress-related synaptic plasticity in the hypothalamus

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 377-388

  Bains, Jaideep S ^a   Cusulin, Jaclyn I Wamsteeker ^a,b   Inoue, Wataru ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CHRONIC STRESS; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84932173390     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3881     Document Type: Review

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