Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in adrenalectomised rats: Potentiation by chronic stress

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Martí, Octavi ^a,b   Harbuz, Michael S ^b   Andrés, Rosa ^a   Lightman, Stafford L ^b   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Chronic stress; HPA axis; Hypothalamus; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS;

EID: 0033528445     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01212-8     Document Type: Article

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