Reduced activity of the noradrenergic system in the paraventricular nucleus at the end of pregnancy: Implications for stress hyporesponsiveness

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-48

  Douglas, Alison J ^a   Meddle, S L ^a   Toschi, N ^b   Bosch, O J ^b   Neumann, I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 receptor mRNA; ACTH; CCK; Endogenous opioid; Forced swimming; Microdialysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BENOXATHIAN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDORPHIN; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXATHIINS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A1; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 14944347142     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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