Role of maternal thyroid hormones in the developing neocortex and during human evolution

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Stenzel, Denise ^a   Huttner, Wieland B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLUTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITAT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; NEOCORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RODENT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84878681293     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00019     Document Type: Review

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