Glucocorticoid regulation of hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Wardlaw, Sharon L ^a   McCarthy, Kieran C ^a   Conwell, Irene M ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

endorphin; Adrenal steroids; Adrenals; Molecular endocrinology; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; BRAIN RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031964236     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054298     Document Type: Article

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