Glucocorticoid-Mediated Developmental Programming of Vertebrate Stress Responsivity
Glucocorticoids, vertebrate steroid hormones produced by cells of the adrenal cortex or interrenal tissue, function dynamically to maintain homeostasis under constantly changing and occasionally stressful environmental conditions. They do so by binding and thereby activating nuclear receptor transcr...
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| Format: | Article |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.812195/full |