Gonadectomy reverses the sexually diergic patterns of circadian and stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in male and female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 516-524

  Seale, J V ^a   Wood, S A ^a   Atkinson, H C ^a   Bate, E ^a   Lightman, S L ^a   Ingram, C D ^b   Jessop, D S ^a   Harbuz, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Gonadectomy; HPA axis activity

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042774895     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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