GABAergic mechanisms constraining the activity of the hypothalamo- pituitary-adrenocortical axis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1018, Issue , 2004, Pages 466-476

  Kovacs K J ^a   Miklos I H ^a   Bali, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; GABA; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Organotypic slice culture; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 3242689604     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1296.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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