Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disregulation in PrPc-null mice

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1473-1477

  Sanchez Alavez, Manuel ^a   Criado, José R ^a   Klein, Izabella ^a   Moroncini, Gianluca ^b   Conti, Bruno ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosteroid; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Hypothalamus; Prion; Stress

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PRION PROTEIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRPC PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53549113912     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32830f1e90     Document Type: Article

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