Interrelations between sympathoadrenal system and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical/thyroid systems in rats exposed to cold stress

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 533-541

  Fukuhara, Koki ^a,b   Kvetnansky, Richard ^a,c   Cizza, Giovanni ^d   Pacak, Karel ^a   Ohara, Hiroyuki ^b   Goldstein, David S ^a   Kopin, Irwin J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Catecholamine metabolites; Catecholamines; Cold stress; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPA; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CATECHOLS; COLD; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0029994418     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04877.x     Document Type: Article

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