The neuroendocrinology of stress and aging: the glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis

Endocr Rev. 1986 Aug;7(3):284-301. doi: 10.1210/edrv-7-3-284.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aging*
  • Animals
  • Feedback
  • Glucocorticoids / metabolism
  • Glucocorticoids / physiology*
  • Hippocampus / cytology
  • Hippocampus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / etiology
  • Models, Neurological
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Primates
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Glucocorticoid / physiology
  • Stress, Physiological / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Receptors, Glucocorticoid