Differential impact of chronic stress along the hippocampal dorsal–ventral axis

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1205-1212

  Pinto, V ^a,b   Costa, J C ^a,b   Morgado, P ^a,b   Mota, C ^a,b   Miranda, A ^a,b   Bravo, F V ^a,b   Oliveira, T G ^a,b   Cerqueira, J J ^a,b   Sousa, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Hippocampal axis; LTD; LTP; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944558041     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0713-0     Document Type: Article

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