The impact of physiological stimuli on the expression of corticotropin- releasing hormone (CRH) and other neuropeptide genes

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-326

  Watts, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; circadian; corticosteroids; hypothalamus; mRNA; stress

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030200113     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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