Corticotropin-releasing factor administered centrally, but not peripherally, stimulates hippocampal acetylcholine release

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 622-629

  Day, Jamie C ^a,b   Koehl, Muriel ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Maccari, Stefania ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Hippocampus; Microdialysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; OVIS;

EID: 0031783648     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71020622.x     Document Type: Article

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