Functional neuroanatomy of thyroid hormone feedback in the human hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Fliers, Eric ^a   Unmehopa, Unga A ^b   Alkemade, Anneke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Deiodinase; Hypothalamus; Pituitary; PVN; Thyroid hormone; TRH; TSH

Indexed keywords

IODOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFUNDIBULUM; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TANYCYTE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33646559880     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.042     Document Type: Review

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