Urocortin and the brain

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-156

  Pan, Weihong ^a   Kastin, Abba J ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blood brain barrier; Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor; Edinger Westphal nucleus; Feeding; Learning; Memory; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; UROCORTIN;

ANXIETY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE TRANSPORT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; UROCORTINS;

EID: 38649086725     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.10.008     Document Type: Review

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