Catecholaminergic modulation of corticotropin-releasing factor and adrenocorticotropin secretion

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 437-458

  Plotsky, Paul M ^a   Cunningham, Emmett T ^b,d  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0024311028     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-10-4-437     Document Type: Article

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