Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Arginine Vasopressin Gene Transcription in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus of Unstressed Rats: Daily Rhythms and Their Interactions with Corticosterone

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 529-540

  Watts, Alan G ^a   Tanimura, Susan ^a   Sanchez Watts, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0842269866     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0394     Document Type: Article

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