Responses of the hypothalamopituitary adrenal axis and the sympathoadrenal system to isolation/restraint stress in sheep of different adiposity

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Tilbrook, Alan J ^a   Rivalland, Elizabeth A T ^a   Turner, Anne I ^a   Lambert, Gavin W ^b   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Catecholamines; Cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EWE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSITY; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEPTIN; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 44349170571     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117576     Document Type: Article

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