Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors in the brain. Implications for ion permeability and transmitter systems

Progress in Neurobiology - Tập 43 - Trang 1-36 - 1994
Marian Joëls1, E. Ronald de Kloet2
1Institute of Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Center for Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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