Hippocampal cholinergic blockade enhances hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal responses to stress

Brain Research

Volumn 766, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 244-248

  Bhatnagar, Seema ^a   Costall, Brenda ^b   Smythe, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Cholinergic; Corticosterone; Fear; Hippocampus; Stress; Theta

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICROINJECTIONS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; STRESS;

EID: 0030885236     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00684-7     Document Type: Article

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