The effects of GABA(A) receptor blockade in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus on corticotrophin (ACTH) and corticosterone secretion in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 739, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 46-51

  Keim, Stanley R ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenal hormone; anxiety; bicuculline; blood pressure; heart rate; stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BREATHING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; CORTICOSTERONE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HEART; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RESPIRATION; SECRETORY RATE; STRESS;

EID: 0030580164     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00810-4     Document Type: Article

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