Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical regulation following lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala

Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-279

  Prewitt, Chantal M F ^a   Herman, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Acute stress; cFOS; Chronic stress; Corticotropin releasing factor; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031433047     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899709013746     Document Type: Article

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