Differential effects of pregnancy on mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor availability and immunoreactivity in cortisol feedback sites

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Roesch, Darren M ^a   Keller Wood, Maureen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Box 100487 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid receptors; Adrenal steroids; Corticotropin; Hippocampus; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; RADIOLIGAND;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032773701     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054459     Document Type: Article

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