The role of the posterior medial bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in modulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis responsiveness to acute and chronic stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-669

  Choi, Dennis C ^a   Furay, Amy R ^a   Evanson, Nathan K ^a   Ulrich Lai, Yvonne M ^a   Nguyen, Mary M N ^a   Ostrander, Michelle M ^a   Herman, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; BST; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; IBOTENIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IBOTENIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 42749095690     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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