Ethanol and nitric oxide modulate expression of glucocorticoid receptor in the rat adrenal cortex

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 896-901

  Djikić, Dragoslava ^a   Budeč, Mirela ^a   Vranješ Djurić, Sanja ^b   Todorović, Vera ^a   Drndarević, Neda ^a   Vignjević, Sanja ^a   Mitrović, Olivera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Ethanol; Glucocorticoid receptor; L NAME

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; ISOENZYME; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 84867678044     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(12)70884-8     Document Type: Article

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