Corticotropin-releasing hormone signals adversity in both the placenta and the brain: Regulation by glucocorticoids and allostatic overload

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-356

  Schulkin, J ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033002787     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1610349     Document Type: Review

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