Distinct ontogeny of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase types I and II mRNAs in the fetal rat brain suggest a complex control of glucocorticoid actions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2570-2580

  Diaz, Rochellys ^a,b   Brown, Roger W ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases; Fetal brain; Glucocorticoid receptor; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Ontogeny; Rats

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PROTECTION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032053440     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02570.1998     Document Type: Article

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