Modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function by transgenic expression of interleukin-6 in the CNS of mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 9473-9480

  Raber, Jacob ^a,b   O'Shea, Ross D ^a   Bloom, Floyd E ^a   Campbell, Iain L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal gland; Corticosterone; HPA axis; Hypothalamus; Interleukin 6; Pituitary; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS;

EID: 0031439207     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-24-09473.1997     Document Type: Article

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