The brain mineralocorticoid receptor: A saga in three episodes

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2017, Pages T49-T66

  Joëls, Marian ^a,b   de Kloet, E Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural adaptation; Brain; Glucocorticoid receptors; Mineralocorticoid receptors; Neuronal circuits; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DNA MODIFICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE NET; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 85023174589     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-16-0660     Document Type: Review

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