Role of arginine vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor in mediating alcohol-induced adrenocorticotropin and vasopressin secretion in male rats bearing lesions of the paraventricular nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 744, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Ogilvie, Kathleen M ^a   Lee, Soon ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; corticotropin releasing factor; ethanol; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; paraventricular nucleus; supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031035838     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01082-7     Document Type: Article

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