Region-specific reduction in stress-induced c-fos mRNA expression during pregnancy and lactation

Brain Research

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Da Costa, A P C ^a   Wood, S ^a   Ingram, C D ^a   Lightman, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c fos; corticosterone; immobilization stress; lactation; paraventricular nucleus; pregnancy; rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 0030566736     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00962-6     Document Type: Article

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