STRESS HORMONES AND BRAIN AGING - ADDING INJURY TO INSULT

Authors
PORTER NM LANDFIELD PW
Citation
Nm. Porter et Pw. Landfield, STRESS HORMONES AND BRAIN AGING - ADDING INJURY TO INSULT, NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, 1(1), 1998, pp. 3-4
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE → ACNP
ISSN journal
10976256
Volume
1
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3 - 4
Database
ISI
SICI code
1097-6256(1998)1:1<3:SHABA->2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Glucocorticoids are known to promote the death of neurons in a variety of experimental systems. A new study suggests that they may also cont ribute to hippocampal atrophy during normal human aging.