Hypothalamic effector neurons and extended circuitries activated in 'neurogenic' stress: A comparison of footshock effects exerted acutely, chronically, and in animals with controlled glucocorticoid levels

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-266

  Li, H Y ^a,b   Sawchenko, P E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine neurons; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Neurosecretory neurons; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HABITUATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SHOCK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROSHOCK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031913534     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980406)393:2<244::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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