Cocaethylene stimulates the secretion of ACTH and corticosterone and the transcriptional activation of hypothalamic NGFI-B

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Torres, German ^a   Horowitz, Judith M ^a   Lee, Soon ^b   Rivier, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Immediate early gene; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HOMOCOCAINE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE ACTIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PROBE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030608448     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00180-5     Document Type: Article

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