Glucocorticoid control of glial gene expression

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-527

  Vardimon, Lily ^a   Ben Dror, Iris ^a   Avisar, Noa ^a   Oren, Anat ^a   Shiftan, Liora ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

C Jun; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glutamine synthetase; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL CONTACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033567830     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990915)40:4<513::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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