A glucocorticoid is a type of hormone made in our body that helps control inflammation, regulates the immune system, and affects various processes in our body like metabolism and stress response. Full definition
As they predicted, the rats born to attentive mothers but raised by inattentive ones grew up to have low levels of glucocorticoid receptors in their hippocampus and behaved skittishly. (discovermagazine.com)
Increased methylation of glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) in adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: A link with the severity and type of trauma (cambridge.org)
As an example of this, it is well established that increased levels of glucocorticoid hormones such as cortisol, can inhibit TSH release by the anterior pituitary, as well as the conversion of T4 into T3, which takes place in the liver. (holtorfmed.com)