Effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement on the hypothalamic-pituitary response to neural stimuli

Brain Research

Volumn 877, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a   Feldman, Shaul ^a  

^a Agnes Ginges Center for Human Neurogenetics   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenalectomy; CRH 41; Metabolic stimuli; Neural stimuli

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0034665928     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02532-4     Document Type: Article

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