Modulatory effects of orexins on the function of rat pituitary-adrenocortical axis under basal and stressful conditions

Biomedical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Nowak, Magdalena ^a   Hochol, Anna ^a   Tortorella, Cinzia ^b   Jedrzejczak, Natasza ^a   Ziolkowska, Agnieszka ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHER; OREXIN A; OREXIN B;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033848270     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.21.89     Document Type: Article

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