Modifications of glucocorticoid receptors mRNA expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to early-life stress in female Japanese quail

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 853-860

  Zimmer, C ^a   Spencer, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis programming; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Postnatal stress; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84910683960     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12228     Document Type: Article

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