Glucocorticoids in the rodent thymus

Developmental Brain Dysfunction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 462-474

  Bakker, Joost M ^a   Kendall, Marion D ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Thymus Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glucocorticoids; Stress; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0031545549     PISSN: 10195815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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