High dose corticosterone immediately after stress exposure prevents hippocampal cytoarchitecture and neuronal plasticity damage in an animal model of PTSD

Rationale: In a previous study, we examined the effect of a single intervention with high-dose corticosterone, 1h after predator stress-exposure (PSS), and showed a significant reduction in the incidence of PTSD-like behaviors and improved resilience. The underlying mechanism of corticosterone actio...

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Main Authors: Nitsan Kozlovsky, Joseph Zohar, Kaplan Zeev, Hagit Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-09-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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