Short days increase hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsiveness

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3402-3409

  Pyter, Leah M ^a   Adelson, Jaimie D ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34347253017     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1432     Document Type: Article

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