Maternal licking regulates hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor transcription through a thyroid hormone-serotonin-NGFI-A signalling cascade

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1601, 2012, Pages 2495-2510

  Hellstrom, Ian C ^a   Dhir, Sabine K ^a   Diorio, Josie C ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depression; Glucocorticoid receptor; Maternal care; NGFI A; Serotonin; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; SIGNALING;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864208883     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0223     Document Type: Article

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