Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the neonatal rat: The role of maternal behavior

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 557-564

  Levine, Seymour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal; Development; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRESS; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036695704     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298420290030569     Document Type: Review

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