Noradrenaline, but not neuropeptide Y, is elevated in cerebrospinal fluid from the third cerebral ventricle following audiovisual stress in gonadectomised rams and ewes

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Turner, Anne I ^a   Rivalland, Elizabeth T A ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^b   Lambert, Gavin W ^c   Morris, Margaret J ^d   Tilbrook, Alan J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cerebrospinal fluid; Neuropeptide Y; Ovine; Paraventricular nucleus; Sex dimorphism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP; STRESS; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036955967     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067584     Document Type: Article

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