The effect of cold immobilisation stress on brain MAO-A inhibitory activity and pineal N-acetylserotonin and melatonin in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-241

  Oxenkrug, Gregory F ^a,b   Medvedev, Alexei E ^c   Requintina, Pura J ^a,b   Glover, Vivette ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold immobilisation stress; Isatin; Melatonin; Monoamine oxidase A; N acetylserotonin; SHR and WKY rats; Tribulin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A INHIBITOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; TRIBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0033927435     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<239::AID-SMI858>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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