Thyroid hormone receptors in brain development and function

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-259

  Bernal, Juan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain development; Hippocampus; Nuclear receptors; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33847216594     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0424     Document Type: Review

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