Postnatal Ontogeny of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in the Hippocampus

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 367-389

  Galeeva, Anastasia ^a,b   Pelto Huikko, Markku ^b   Pivina, Svetlana ^a   Ordyan, Natalia ^a  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Postnatal brain development; Stress hyporesponsive period

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RAT; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955856690     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82019-9     Document Type: Chapter

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