Effect of voluntary wheel running on circadian corticosterone release and on HPA axis responsiveness to restraint stress in Sprague-Dawley rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1867-1875

  Fediuc, Sergiu ^a   Campbell, Jonathan E ^a   Riddell, Michael C ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotrophic hormone; Circadian rhythm; Glucocorticoid receptor; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Voluntary exercise

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744945012     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01416.2005     Document Type: Article

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