Dynamic variations in plasma corticosteroid-binding globulin and basal HPA activity following acute stress in adult rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Tannenbaum, Beth ^a   Rowe, Wayne ^a   Sharma, Shakti ^a   Diorio, Josie ^a   Steverman, Allen ^a   Walker, Mathieu ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG); Glucocorticoids; Pituitary transcortin; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLOBULIN; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DARKNESS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030894879     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.t01-1-00550.x     Document Type: Article

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