Corticosteroids in the brain: Cellular and molecular actions

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 87-108

  Joëls, Marian ^a   Vreugdenhil, Erno ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Corticosteroid hormones; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Morphology; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0142207398     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02802026     Document Type: Article

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