Glucocorticoids, epigenetic control and stress resilience

Glucocorticoid hormones play a pivotal role in the response to stressful challenges. The surge in glucocorticoid hormone secretion after stress needs to be tightly controlled with characteristics like peak height, curvature and duration depending on the nature and severity of the challenge. This is...

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Main Authors: Johannes M.H.M. Reul, Andrew Collins, Richard S. Saliba, Karen R. Mifsud, Sylvia D. Carter, Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas, Xiaoxiao Qian, Astrid C.E. Linthorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289514000095