Long-lasting effects of stress on glucocorticoid receptor gene expression in the rat brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-338

  Kitraki, Efthimia ^a   Karandrea, Despoina ^a   Kittas, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid receptors; Molecular neuroendocrinology; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032966892     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054435     Document Type: Article

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