Differential disinhibition of the neonatal hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis in brain-specific CRH receptor 1-knockout mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2291-2298

  Schmidt, M V ^a   Deussing, J M ^a   Oitzl, M S ^c   Ohl, F ^e   Levine, S ^d   Wurst, W ^b   Holsboer, F ^a   Muller M B ^a   De Kloet, E R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; HPA; Maternal deprivation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33750425757     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05121.x     Document Type: Article

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