Identification of stimulatory and inhibitory inputs to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during hypoglycaemia or transport in Ewes

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 572-585

  Smith, Robert F ^a   French, N P ^a   Saphier, P W ^b   Lowry, P J ^b   Veldhuis, J D ^c   Dobson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; AVP; Cortisol; CRH; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUGULAR VEIN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0038280121     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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