Distribution of corticosteroid receptors in the rhesus brain: Relative absence of glucocorticoid receptors in the hippocampal formation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4657-4668

  Sánchez, M Mar ^a,b   Young, Larry J ^a   Plotsky, Paul M ^a   Insel, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; STRESS;

EID: 0343729305     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-12-04657.2000     Document Type: Article

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