Multigenic control of thyroid hormone functions in the nervous system

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Nunez, Jacques ^a   Celi, Francesco S ^a   Ng, Lily ^a   Forrest, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cochlea; Deiodinase; Neuronal differentiation; Retina; Thyroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

DEIODINASES; ENZYME; GLUCOSE; OPSIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANXIETY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLOR VISION; CYTOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SYNAPSES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 43549099941     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.03.006     Document Type: Review

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