Acute stress increases neuropeptide Y mRNA within the arcuate nucleus and hilus of the dentate gyrus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 102-109

  Conrad, C D ^a   McEwen, B S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; mRNA, Messenger ribonucleic acid; Neuropeptide Y; NPY, Neuropeptide Y; RIA, Radioimmunoassay; Stress

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034705560     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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