Evidence for the involvement of corticotrophin-releasing hormone in the pathogenesis of traumatic brain injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 553-559

  Roe, Susan Y ^a   McGowan, Eileen M ^a   Rothwell, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; CRH antagonist; In situ hybridization; PVN; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031866288     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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