Maternal nutrient deprivation induces sex-specific changes in thyroid hormone receptor and deiodinase expression in the fetal guinea pig brain

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 566, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-480

  Chan, Shiao Y ^b   Andrews, Markus H ^a   Lingas, Rania ^a   McCabe, Chris J ^c   Franklyn, Jayne A ^c   Kilby, Mark D ^b   Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; DEIODINASE; DEIODINASE 3; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA2; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOREBRAIN; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATERNAL NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION; MESENCEPHALON; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 22744457500     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.084673     Document Type: Article

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