Discrimination between changes in glucocorticoid receptor expression and activation in rat brain using western blot analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 868, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-286

  Spencer, R L ^a   Kalman, B A ^a   Cotter, C S ^a   Deak, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0034705720     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02341-6     Document Type: Article

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