Thyroid hormone and the developing hypothalamus
Thyroid hormone (TH) plays an essential role in normal brain development and function. Both TH excess and insufficiency during development lead to structural brain abnormalities. Proper TH signaling is dependent on active transport of the prohormone thyroxine (T4) across the blood-brain-barrier and...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2015.00015/full |