NGF regulatory role in stress and coping of rodents and humans

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Alleva, Enrico ^a   Petruzzi, Simona ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

humans; NGF; physiologic regulation; rodents; stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LABOR; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0029994630     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02111-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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