Lesions of the medial geniculate nuclei specifically block corticosterone release and induction of c-fos mRNA in the forebrain associated with audiogenic stress in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 5979-5992

  Campeau, Serge ^a   Akil, Huda ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Corticosterone; Ether; Loud noise; Rat; Restraint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030805606     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05979.1997     Document Type: Article

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