The alpha-2B adrenoceptor in the paraventricular thalamic nucleus is persistently upregulated by chronic psychosocial stress

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 815-831

  Heilbronner, U ^a   Van Kampen, M ^a   Flugge G ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha 2B adrenoceptor; Chronic stress; Depression; Noradrenaline; Thalamus; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; GLUTAMIC ACID; RADIOLIGAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECTIVORE; LIGAND BINDING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; IDAZOXAN; MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUPAIA; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; SORICIDAE; TUPAIA GLIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 12944279767     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-004-6921-z     Document Type: Article

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