Central neural distribution of immunoreactive Fos and CRH in relation to plasma ACTH and corticosterone during sepsis in the rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 485-500

  Carlson, Drew E ^a   Chiu, William C ^a   Fiedler, Suzelle M ^a   Hoffman, Gloria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Catecholaminergic neurons; Corticosterone; CRH; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Parabrachial nucleus; Preoptic; Sepsis; Seritonergic neurons

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RAT; SEPSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CECUM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIENCEPHALON; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PERFUSION; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPSIS;

EID: 34248576149     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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