Control of hormonal stress reactivity by the endogenous opioid system

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-436

  Bilkei Gorzo, Andras ^a   Racz, Ildiko ^a   Michel, Kerstin ^a   Mauer, Daniela ^a   Zimmer, Anne ^a   Klingmüller, Dietrich ^a   Zimmer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endorphin; ACTH; Corticosterone; Dynorphin; Enkephalin; Knockout; Stress; Zero maze

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PDYN; PROTEIN PENK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DYNORPHINS; ENKEPHALINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHERMIA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41849127805     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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