Corticotropin-releasing hormone and pro-opiomelanocortin gene expression in female monkeys with differences in sensitivity to stress

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-288

  Centeno, Maria Luisa ^a   Sanchez, Rachel L ^a   Reddy, Arubala P ^a   Cameron, Judy L ^a,b,c   Bethea, Cynthia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Beta endorphin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cynomolgus macaque; Paraventricular nucleus; Pro opiomelanocortin; Reproduction; Stress; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36248970604     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109877     Document Type: Article

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