Steroidal regulation of portal arginine-vasopressin levels in aged Fischer 344 rats

Brain Research

Volumn 822, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 243-245

  Mulchahey, J J ^a   Kasckow, J W ^a,b   Plotsky, P M ^c   Hauger, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Aging; Arginine vasopressin; Brain; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; STEROID;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STRESS;

EID: 0033586336     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01370-5     Document Type: Article

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