Early programming of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE PROGRAMMING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FETUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 0036834831     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(02)00690-2     Document Type: Review

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