Attenuation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stress responses in late pregnancy: Changes in feedforward and feedback mechanisms

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 811-822

  Johnstone, H A ^a   Wigger, A ^b   Douglas, A J ^a   Neumann, I D ^b   Landgraf, R ^b   Seckl, J R ^a   Russell, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenalectomy; Corticotropin releasing hormone, 11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Metyrapone; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; METYRAPONE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033944512     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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