Hypertensive rats exhibit heightened expression of corticotropin- releasing factor in activated central neurons in response to restraint stress

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-79

  Krukoff, T L ^a   MacTavish, D ^a   Jhamandas, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; c fos; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypertension; Nucleus of the tractus solitarius; Paraventricular nucleus; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Stress; Sympathetic nerve activity; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033582707     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00342-8     Document Type: Article

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