Downregulation of corticotropin-releasing factor mRNA, but not vasopressin mRNA, in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus of rats following nutritional stress

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-514

  Hwang, Bang H ^a   Guntz, Jaime M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF mRNA; Food deprivation; Hypothalamus; Vasopressin mRNA

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030789345     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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