Dexamethasone and stressor-magnitude regulation of stress-induced transcription of HPA axis secretagogues in the rat

Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-311

  Helmreich, D L ^a   Parfitt, D B ^a   Walton, J R ^a   Richards, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical foot shock; Glucocorticoid; In situ hybridization; Paraventricular nucleus (PVN); Stress controllability; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; PROTEIN C FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTSHOCK; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 46049086573     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890701794767     Document Type: Article

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