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Corticosterone increases FGF-2 (bFGF) immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra of the rat
1Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Neuroreport
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
The effects of acute and subchronic (7 days) administrations of the adrenocortical hormone corticosterone on basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF, FGF-2) immunoreactivity were studied in the substantia nigra of the rat by semiquantitative immunocytochemistry coupled with image analysis. Corticosterone was able to increase FGF-2 immunoreactivity in different nigral subregions and cell types (astrocytes and neurones) depending on the duration of the treatment. These results open up the possibility that stress hormones can modulate the trophic state of the substantia nigra through an action on FGF-2.