Thyroid hormone and the development of the brain

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-302

  Bernal, Juan ^a   Guadaño Ferraz, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031742168     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199811000-00010     Document Type: Review

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