Further evidence for the central effect of dexamethasone at the hypothalamic level in the negative feedback mechanism

Brain Research

Volumn 958, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Feldman, Shaul ^a   Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; CRH 41; Dexamethasone; Hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Photic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS;

EID: 0037184706     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03581-3     Document Type: Article

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