Stressor-induced corticotropin-releasing hormone, bombesin, ACTH and corticosterone variations in strains of mice differentially responsive to stressors

Stress

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Anisman, Hymie ^a   Lacosta, Susan ^b   Kent, Pamela ^b   McIntyre, Dan C ^b   Merali, Zul ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bombesin; Corticosterone; CRH; Genetic; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

EID: 0031689452     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899809167284     Document Type: Article

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