Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Gene Expression in the Paraventricular Nucleus of Immune-Challenged Transgenic Mice Expressing Type II GR Antisense Ribonucleic Acid

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-179

  Laflamme, Nathalie ^a   Barden, Nicholas ^a   Rivest, Serge ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Antisense knockdown technology; c fos; Endotoxin; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neuroendocrinology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031160645     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736831     Document Type: Article

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