Central administration of saikosaponin-d increases corticotropin-releasing factor mRNA levels in the rat hypothalamus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 235-238

  Dobashi, Izumi ^a   Tozawa, Fumiko ^a   Horiba, Nobuo ^a   Sakai, Yohko ^a   Sakai, Ken ^a   Suda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Pituitary; Proopiomelanocortin; Saikosaponin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SAIKOSAPONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPOGENINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029081743     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11933-N     Document Type: Article

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