Glucocorticoids and aging

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 792-801

  Wang, Paulus S ^a   Lo, Ming Jae ^a   Kau, Mei Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030730182     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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