Metabolic signals modulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation during maternal separation of the neonatal mouse

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 865-874

  Schmidt, Mathias V ^a   Levine, S ^b   Alam, S ^a   Harbich, D ^a   Sterlemann, V ^a   Ganea, K ^a   de Kloet, E R ^c   Holsboer, F ^a   Muller M B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Maternal separation; Metabolic signals; Mouse; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEPTIN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749374618     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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