Increased corticortropin-releasing hormone release in ovariectomized rats' paraventricular nucleus: Effects of electroacupuncture

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Zhao, Hong ^a   Tian, Zhan Zhuang ^a   Chen, Bo Ying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Electroacupuncture; Nucleus paraventricularis; Ovariectomized rat; Push pull perfusion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0344851632     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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