Involvement of urocortinergic neurons below the midbrain central gray in the physiological response to restraint stress in pigeons

Brain Research

Volumn 1147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-183

  Cunha, Roberta P ^a   Reiner, Anton ^b   Toledo, Claudio A B ^a  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Dorsal diencephalon; Proto oncogene; Stressor stimulus; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIENCEPHALON; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34147187176     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.122     Document Type: Article

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