Neurotrophins in Neuroendocrine Control: Brain Derived-neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and Somatostatin Involvement in the Stress Response and Reproductive Physiology

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-28

  Arancibia, Sandor ^a   Rage, F ^a   Givalois, L ^a   Tapia Arancibia, L ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

BDNF; Neuronal plasticity; Somatostatin; Steroids; Stress; Tanycyte cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROTROPIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ASTROCYTE; COLD EXPOSURE; EX VIVO STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TANYCYTE;

EID: 1942456501     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2003v5p5     Document Type: Review

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