Influence of the estrous cycle on c-fos and crh gene transcription in the brain of endotoxin-challenged female rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-46

  Nappi, Rossella E ^a   Bonneau, Marie Josée ^a   Rivest, Serge ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C fos; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Endotoxins; Estrous cycle; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neuroimmune interactions; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENDOTOXIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SLICE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031029701     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127162     Document Type: Article

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