Glucocorticoid receptor protein expression in human hippocampus; stability with age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1662-1673

  Wang, Qian ^a   Van Heerikhuize, Joop ^b   Aronica, Eleonora ^c   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^d   Seress, Laszlo ^e   Joels, Marian ^a,f   Swaab, Dick F ^b   Lucassen, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Human brain; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIGOXIN; DOMPERIDONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INSULIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; TESTOSTERONE; TRAMADOL; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; RODENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN STABILITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875235426     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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