glucocorticoid

IPA: gɫˈukʌkɔrtɪkɔɪd

(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.

Examples of "glucocorticoid" in Sentences

We could always measure your glucocorticoid levels.
The soothing maternal behavior altered the glucocorticoid receptor gene.
The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis XX: glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy.
In the one-timers, even though glucocorticoid levels had increased, new brain cells proliferated.
That the glucocorticoid levels rose but still new brain cells grew had the scientists scratching their own heads.
Rival Actonel is one of the established treatments for the condition, known as glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
Pulmonary arteriole muscularization in lambs with diaphragmatic hernia after combined tracheal occlusion/glucocorticoid therapy.
One of my favorite examples of the step-by-step evolution of molecules has been the work coming out of Joe Thornton's lab on glucocorticoid receptors.
Numerous earlier animal studies had shown that increases in glucocorticoid levels from stressors -- predator odor, cold water, restraint -- not only inhibited neurogenesis but impaired learning and memory functions.
Thornton's team, which included UO research scientist Jamie Bridgham and collaborator Eric A. Ortlund, a biochemist at A.lanta's Emory University, focused on the evolution of a protein called the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which binds the hormone cortisol and regulates the stress response, immunity, metabolism and behavior in humans and other vertebrates.