Effect of a chronic stress on CRF neuronal activity and expression of its type 1 receptor in the rat brain

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 44-5, 1998, Pages

  Bonaz, Bruno ^a   Rivest, Serge ^b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization histochemistry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031794193     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1438     Document Type: Article

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