Amygdaloid corticotropin-releasing factor targets locus coeruleus dendrites: Substrate for the co-ordination of emotional and cognitive limbs of the stress response

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 743-758

  Van Bockstaele, E J ^a   Colago, E E O ^a   Valentino, R J ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Electron microscopy; Noradrenaline; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMOTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0031668878     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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