Stress-induced progesterone secretion and progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus are modulated by pubertal development in male rats

Stress

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Romeo, Russell D ^a   Bellani, Rudy ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Paraventricular nucleus; Progesterone receptor; Puberty; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GONAD; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31544439639     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890500489320     Document Type: Article

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