Neural regulation of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) and CRH receptor mRNA in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Kiss, Alexander ^a   Palkovits, Miklos ^b   Aguilera, Greti ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CRH mRNA; CRH receptor; Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN); PVN deafferentation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0029939369     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00830.x     Document Type: Article

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