Contribution of sex and genetics to neuroendocrine adaptation to stress in mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 505-517

  C Jones, Byron ^a   Sarrieau, Alain ^b   L Reed, Cheryl ^a   R Azar, Marc ^a   Mormède, Pierre ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Corticosteroid receptors; HPA axis; Inbred mice; Plasma CBG; Restraint stress; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS; THYMUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0031752154     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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