Glucocorticoid hormones and early brain development in schizophrenia

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 309-318

  Koenig, James I ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^a   Lee, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortisol; Development; Glucocorticoid; Schizophrenia; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEATH; DISASTER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA; LIFE EVENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

EID: 0036297593     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(01)00396-7     Document Type: Article

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