The role of central melanocortin receptors in the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis and the induction of excessive grooming

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1503-1508

  Von Frijtag, Josefien C ^a,b   Croiset, Gerda ^a   Gispen, Willem Hendrik ^a   Adan, Roger A H ^a   Wiegant, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Grooming; Melanocortin receptor antagonist; Melanocortin 3 receptor; Melanocortin 4 receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; COSYNTROPIN; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

EID: 0031916896     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701750     Document Type: Article

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