Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis-regulated stress response and negative feedback sensitivity is altered by prenatal morphine exposure in adult female rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-200

  Šlamberová, Romana ^a,b   Rimanóczy, Ágnes ^a,c   Riley, Michelle A ^a   Vathya, Ilona ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Morphine; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12444252051     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082359     Document Type: Article

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