Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor balance in control of HPA axis and behaviour

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 648-658

  Harris, A P ^a   Holmes, M C ^a   De Kloet, E R ^b   Chapman, K E ^a   Seckl, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Psychopathology; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECALL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 84876073537     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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