Excitatory influence of the locus coeruleus in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis responses to stress

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 361-369

  Ziegler, Dana Roderick ^a   Cass, W A ^b   Herman, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032920130     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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