Role of thyroid hormone during early brain development

European Journal of Endocrinology, Supplement

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  De Escobar, Gabriella Morreale ^a   Obregón, María Jesús ^a   Del Rey, Francisco Escobar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RATS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 10344260802     PISSN: 08044635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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