Stress hormones and brain aging: adding injury to insult? (original) (raw)

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Glucocorticoids are known to promote the death of neurons in a variety of experimental systems. A new study suggests that they may also contribute to hippocampal atrophy during normal human aging.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, MS-307, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536-0084, Kentucky, USA
    Nada Porter & Philip W. Landfield
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Porter, N., Landfield, P. Stress hormones and brain aging: adding injury to insult?.Nat Neurosci 1, 3–4 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/196

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