Injection of corticotropin-releasing hormone into the locus coeruleus or foot shock increases neuronal Fos expression

Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Rassnick, S ^a   Hoffman, G E ^b   Rabin, B S ^a   Sved, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Noradrenergic; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Septal nuclei; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SHOCK; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROSHOCK; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031969592     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00574-5     Document Type: Article

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