Postnatal handling increases the expression of cAMP-inducible transcription factors in the rat hippocampus: The effects of thyroid hormones and serotonin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3926-3935

  Meaney, Michael J ^a   Diorio, Josie ^a   Francis, Darlene ^a   Weaver, Shelley ^a   Yau, Joyce ^b   Chapman, Karen ^b   Seckl, Jonathan R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAMP; Glucocorticoid receptor; Neural development; Rat; Serotonergic pathways; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; SEROTONIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0034657128     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03926.2000     Document Type: Article

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