Catecholamines in stress: Molecular mechanisms of gene expression

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Sabban, Esther L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Catecholamine biosynthesis; Estrogen; Locus coeruleus; Stress; Sympathetic ganglia; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; ESTROGEN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 39749098675     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: 13360329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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