Early environments, glucocorticoid receptors, and behavioral epigenetics

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 628-636

  Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Glucocorticoid receptor; Handling; Hippocampus; Maternal care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GENE; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LICKING; MATERNAL CARE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84887559012     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034186     Document Type: Article

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