Brainstem hemisection decreases corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in the paraventricular nucleus but not in the central amygdaloid nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 543-551

  Pacak, Karel ^a   Palkovits, Miklos ^b   Makino, Shinya ^b   Kopin, Irwin J ^a   Goldstein, David S ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DENERVATION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030010694     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04888.x     Document Type: Article

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