Plasma corticosterone activates SGK1 and induces morphological changes in oligodendrocytes in corpus callosum.

Repeated stressful events are known to be associated with onset of depression. Further, stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system by elevating plasma cortisol levels. However, little is known about the related downstream molecular pathway. In this study, by using repeat...

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Main Authors: Shingo Miyata, Yoshihisa Koyama, Kana Takemoto, Keiko Yoshikawa, Toshiko Ishikawa, Manabu Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Inoue, Miwa Aoki, Osamu Hori, Taiichi Katayama, Masaya Tohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3104997?pdf=render