Stress and the developing limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 663-700

  Vázquez, Delia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Corticosteroid receptor; Development; Feedback; Hippocampus; MRNA; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 4644230928     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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