Sexual diergism in rat hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to cholinergic stimulation and antagonism

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-113

  Rhodes, Michael E ^a   O'Toole, Susan M ^a   Wright, Stephanie L ^b   Czambel, R Kenneth ^a   Rubin, Robert T ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cholinergic; Muscarinic; Nicotinic; Sex differences; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035133769     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00449-4     Document Type: Article

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