Taurine regulates corticotropin secretion at the level of the supraoptic nucleus during stress in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Engelmann, Mario ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^b   Wotjak, Carsten T ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forced swimming; Hypothalamic neurohypophysial system; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Microdialysis; Taurine antagonist; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

6 AMINOMETHYL 3 METHYL 4H 1,2,4 BENZOTHIADIAZINE 1,1 DIOXIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; RINGER SOLUTION; TAURINE; TAURINE ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0041696491     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00741-9     Document Type: Article

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