Glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in the embryonic rat brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-317

  Kitraki, Efthimia ^a   Alexis, Michael N ^c   Papalopoulou, Miranda ^c   Stylianopoulou, Fotini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Foundation   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Development; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLFACTORY BULB; ONTOGENY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; RNA PROBE; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGANDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029871361     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126971     Document Type: Article

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