Neurotoxic lesions induced by monosodium glutamate result in increased adenopituitary proopiomelanocortin gene expression and decreased corticosterone clearance in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 412-420

  Škultétyová, Ivana ^a   Kiss, Alexander ^a   Ježová, Daniela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Arcuate nucleus; Corticotropin; Monosodium glutamate; Proopiomelanocortin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031865930     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054340     Document Type: Article

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