Urocortin expression in the Edinger-Westphal nucleus is up-regulated by stress and corticotropin-releasing hormone deficiency

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 256-263

  Weninger, Stacie C ^a   Peters, Luanne L ^b,c   Majzoub, Joseph A ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN; UROTENSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0034464740     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.1.7277     Document Type: Article

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