Neuroendocrine stress but not feeding responses to centrally administered neuropeptide Y are suppressed in pregnant rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3737-3745

  Brunton, Paula J ^a   Bales, Juliana ^a   Russell, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 33746071538     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0048     Document Type: Article

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