Evidence that metyrapone can act as a stressor: Effect on pituitary-adrenal hormones, plasma glucose and brain c-fos induction

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 693-700

  Rotllant, David ^a   Ons, Sheila ^a   Carrasco, Javier ^a   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTH; Central amygdala; Corticosterone; Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; Paraventricular thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; METYRAPONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; MALE; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 0036460101     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02120.x     Document Type: Article

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