The role of early environmental events in regulating neuroendocrine development. Moms, pups, stress, and glucocorticoid receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 794, Issue , 1996, Pages 136-152

  Francis, Darlene ^b   Diorio, Josie ^b   Laplante, Patricia ^b   Weaver, Shelley ^b   Seckl, Jonathan R ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; THYROID HORMONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 0029803681     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32517.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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