The neurobiology of urocortin

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 85-92

  Skelton, Kelly H ^a   Owens, Michael J ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Ingestive behavior; Stress; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; UROCORTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; RATS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034715058     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(00)00180-4     Document Type: Review

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