Long-term selective down-regulation of brain glucocorticoid receptors after neonatal dexamethasone treatment in rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 493-499

  Felszeghy, Klára ^a   Gáspár, Erzsébet ^a   Nyakas, Csaba ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid receptors; Development; Dexamethasone; Hippocampus; Striatum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029898621     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04822.x     Document Type: Article

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