The role of endogenous opioids in neurohypophysial and hypothalamo- pituitary-adrenal axis hormone secretory responses to stress in pregnant rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-293

  Douglas, A J ^a   Johnstone, H A ^a   Wigger, A ^b   Landgraf, R ^b   Russell, J A ^a   Neumann, I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NALOXONE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SWIMMING; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031875399     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1580285     Document Type: Article

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