Effects of corticosterone on corticotrophin-releasing hormone and gastrin-releasing peptide release in response to an aversive stimulus in two regions of the forebrain (central nucleus of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Merali, Zul ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a,b   James, Jonathan S ^a   Kent, Pam ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombesin; Glucocorticoids; Microdialysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE STRESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 54049102097     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06281.x     Document Type: Article

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