Long-lasting deficient dexamethasone suppression of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical activation following peripheral CRF challenge in socially defeated rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 513-520

  Buwalda, B ^a   De Boer, S F ^a   Schmidt, E D ^b   Felszeghy, K ^c   Nyakas, C ^c   Sgoifo, A ^a   Van Der Vegt, B J ^a   Tilders, F J H ^b   Bohus, B ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Department of Animal Physiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SHEEP;

EID: 0033031642     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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