Hypoactivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis during recovery from chronic variable stress

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2008-2017

  Ostrander, Michelle M ^a,c   Ulrich Lai, Yvonne M ^a   Choi, Dennis C ^a   Richtand, Neil M ^a,b   Herman, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645517274     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1041     Document Type: Article

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