Gender, sex steroids, corticotropin-releasing factor, nitric oxide, and the HPA response to stress

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 737-751

  Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; HPA axis; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SEX HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032759242     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(99)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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