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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2011 Jul 27;62(1):3–12. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.07.014

Table 1. Glucocorticoid actions mediate or biphasically modulate actions of chronic stress.

  • Cocaine amphetamine related transcript (CART) mRNA and protein in dentate gyrus.

    Function: MODULATION OF STRESS EFFECTS ON ANXIETY CORT mediates stress-induced increase in CART (Hunter et al 2007)

  • KA1 receptor mRNA in dentate gyrus.

    Function: PROMOTE GLUTAMATE RELEASE AND ACTIONS CORT biphasically modulates stress-induced increase in KA1 (Hunter et al 2009a)

  • Glutamate transporter (Glt 1) mRNA and protein in CA1-3

    Function: REUPTAKE OF GLUTAMATE AFTER RELEASE CORT biphasically modulates stress-induced increase in Glt1 (Autry et al 2006)