Enhanced glucocorticoid feedback inhibition of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress in adult rats neonatally treated with dexamethasone

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 158-169

  Kamphuis, Patrick J G H ^c   Bakker, Joost M ^c   Broekhoven, Mark H ^c   Kunne, Cindy ^c   Croiset, Gerda ^c   Lentjes, Eef G ^c   Tilders, Fred J H ^a   Van Bel, Frank ^c   Wiegant, Victor M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid receptors; Adrenal steroids; Adrenocorticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Heart rate; Neonatal imprinting; Stress; Thermoregulation; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; COSYNTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEEDBACK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036976177     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064526     Document Type: Article

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