The effect of stress on melatonin and serotonin in rat brain

Stress Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 5-8

  McIntyre, Iain M ^a   Norman, Trevor R ^a   Burrows, Graham D ^a   Oxenkrug, Gregory F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

immobolization and cold stress; Melatonin; rat; serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN STEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0024521429     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: 10991700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2460050104     Document Type: Article

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