Fundamental aspects of the impact of glucocorticoids on the (immature) brain

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-142

  Champagne, Danielle L ^a   Ronald de Kloet, E ^a   Joëls, Marian ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Brain; Development; Disease; Neuroendocrinology; Programming; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; RODENT; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 62849097441     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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