The amygdala: Corticotropin-releasing factor, steroids, and stress

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-168

  Gray, Thackery S ^a   Bingaman, Elena W ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Anxiety; Autonomic; Estrogen; Glucocorticoids; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0030469094     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v10.i2.10     Document Type: Review

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