Distribution and corticosteroid regulation of glucocorticoid receptor in the brain of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 967-982

  Yao, Meng ^a   Hu, Fang ^a   Denver, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Limbic system; Pituitary; Stress response; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METYRAPONE;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC TECTUM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 42549105085     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21716     Document Type: Article

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