Long-term changes in mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor occupancy following exposure to an acute stressor

Brain Research

Volumn 847, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-220

  Deak, Terrence ^a   Nguyen, Kien T ^a   Cotter, Crystal S ^a   Fleshner, Monika ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a   Spencer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Corticosteroid receptor; Corticosterone; Rat; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISSECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; STRESS; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0032704604     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02050-8     Document Type: Article

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