Hypophysiotropic CRF neurons display a sustained immediate-early gene response to chronic stress but not to adrenalectomy

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-316

  Brown, E R ^a   Sawchenko, P E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypoglycemia; Neurosecretory neurons; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030936486     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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