Role of hypothalamic inputs in maintaining pituitary-adrenal responsiveness in repeated restraint

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 5 48-5, 2003, Pages

  Zelena, D ^a   Mergl, Z ^a   Foldes A ^a   Kovacs K J ^a   Toth Z ^b   Makara, G B ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Corticosterone; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Proopiomelanocortin; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADAPTATION; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THYMUS;

EID: 0142084652     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00219.2003     Document Type: Article

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