Blunted pituitary-adrenocortical stress response in adult rats following neonatal dexamethasone treatment

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1014-1021

  Felszeghy, Klára ^a   Bagdy, G ^b   Nyakas, C ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CRH challenge; Neonatal dexamethasone; Plasma ACTH; Plasma corticosterone; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENAL GLAND; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN MATURATION; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033825464     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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