Rapid stress-induced elevations in corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in rat central amygdala nucleus and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: An in situ hybridization analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 788, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 305-310

  Hsu, David T ^a,b   Chen, Feng Ling ^b   Takahashi, Lorey K ^b   Kalin, Ned H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Central amygdala nucleus; Corticotropin releasing hormone; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Neuropeptide; Paraventricular nucleus; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032579831     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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