Radiation-induced hyposuppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is associated with alterations of hippocampal corticosteroid receptor expression

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-407

  Veličković, Nataša ^a   Djordjević, Ana ^a   Matić, Gordana ^b   Horvat, Anica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOSOL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED HYPOSUPPRESSION; RADIOTHERAPY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DEXAMETHASONE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 42949153022     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1200.1     Document Type: Article

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