Combined dexamethasone/crh test in rats: Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical system alterations in aging

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Hatzinger, Martin ^a   Reul, Johannes M H M ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Neumann, Inga ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Aging; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Dexamethasone test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; VASOPRESSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029861030     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127138     Document Type: Article

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