17β-oestradiol modulates glucocorticoid, neural and behavioural adaptations to repeated restraint stress in female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 776-785

  Lunga, P ^a   Herbert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anxiety; AVP; CRF; Oestradiol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; SILASTIC; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAZE TEST; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HABITUATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT STRAIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 4744359824     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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