Converging, synergistic actions of multiple stress hormones mediate enduring memory impairments after acute simultaneous stresses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 11295-11307

  Chen, Yuncai ^a   Molet, Jenny ^a   Lauterborn, Julie C ^a   Trieu, Brian H ^a   Bolton, Jessica L ^a   Patterson, Katelin P ^a   Gall, Christine M ^a   Lynch, Gary ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Dendritic spine; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Memory; RhoGTPase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT LOCATION MEMORY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84994410127     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2542-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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