Effect of exogenous nitric oxide and inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis responses to neural stimuli

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a,b   Feldman, Shaul ^a   DeKeyser, Freda G ^a   Ovadia, Haim ^a  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0032850560     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054471     Document Type: Article

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