Aversive and appetitive events evoke the release of corticotropin- releasing hormone and bombesin-like peptides at the central nucleus of the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4758-4766

  Merali, Zul ^a   McIntosh, Judy ^a   Kent, Pamela ^a   Michaud, David ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Eating disorders; Feeding; Gastrin releasing peptide; Neuromedin C; Restraint stress; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; BRAIN PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 0032526958     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04758.1998     Document Type: Article

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