Long-term adaptations in glucocorticoid receptor and mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA and negative feedback on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis following neonatal maternal separation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Ladd, Charlotte O ^a   Huot, Rebecca L ^a   Thrivikraman, K V ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a   Plotsky, Paul M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Maternal separation; Mineralocorticoid receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 1042277738     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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