The role of thyroid hormones for brain development and cognitive function

Endocrine Development

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-43

  Rovet, Joanne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REGULATOR GENE; SKILL; THYROID FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84958638478     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000363153     Document Type: Article

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