Sex differences in the stress-induced release of acetylcholine in the hippocampus and corticosterone from the adrenal cortex in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 234-240

  Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Masuda, Junya ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adrenal cortex; Adrenal steroids; Hippocampus; Restraint stress; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GONAD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242573507     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073707     Document Type: Article

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