Corticosteroid status influences the volume of the rat cingulate cortex: a magnetic resonance imaging study

Imbalances in the corticosteroid milieu result in reductions in hippocampal volume in humans and experimental rodents. The functional correlates of these changes include deficits in cognitive performance and regulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Since other limbic structures which ar...

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Main Author: Cerqueira, João (author)
Other Authors: Catania, C. (author), Sotiropoulos, I. (author), Schubert, M. (author), Kalisch, R. (author), Almeida, O. F. X. (author), Auer, D. P. (author), Sousa, Nuno (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Corticosterone
Dexamethasone
Retrosplenial cortex
Neuroendocrine regulation
Cognition
Stereology
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1787
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/1787

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1787

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