Chronic stress: Implications for neuronal morphology, function and neurogenesis

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology - Tập 28 Số 2-3 - Trang 72-96 - 2007
Marian Joëls1, Henk Karst1, Harmen J. Krugers1, Paul J. Lucassen1
1SILS‐CNS, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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