Effects of excitatory amino acids on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of the neonatal rat

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Kent, Stephen ^a,b   Kernahan, Stephanie D ^a   Levine, Seymour ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Development; Kainic acid; NMDA; Ontogeny; Stress hyporesponsive period

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030583099     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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