Effects of bacterial endotoxin on the glucocorticoid feedback regulation of adrenocortical response to stress

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 352-357

  Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a   Yirmiya, Raz ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial endotoxin; Glucocorticoids; Major depression; Negative feedback; Sepsis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPSIS; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDBACK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; RATS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS;

EID: 12644312202     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097295     Document Type: Article

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