Nicotine self-administration differentially regulates hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor and arginine vasopressin mRNAs and facilitates stress-induced neuronal activation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2773-2782

  Yu, Guoliang ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Zhao, Wenyuan ^a   Matta, Shannon G ^a   Sharp, Burt M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AVP; c fos; CRF; Nicotine; Self administration; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STRESS;

EID: 40849089267     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3837-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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