Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that influence our

Last updated: 8/16/2023

Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that influence our experience of stress When the promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is methylated in mice they experience higher stress levels and do not nurture their offspring When mice born to high stressed mothers were raised by nurturing mothers rather than their genetic mothers the offspring produced more glucocorticoid receptor protein than mice raised by high stressed mothers The increase in the amount of glucocorticoid receptor protein produced in the mouse offspring is likely because the nurturing expression of the gene methylation of the gene s promoter region which led to behavior cause increased decreased