Impact of repeated stressor exposure on the release of corticotropin-releasing hormone, arginine-vasopressin and bombesin-like peptides at the anterior pituitary

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Merali, Z ^a   Hayley, S ^b   Kent, P ^a   McIntosh, J ^a   Bedard T ^c   Anisman, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Co localization; Gastrin releasing peptide; Immunofluorescence; Neuromedin B; Push pull perfusion

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BOMBESIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; NEUROMEDIN B;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BOMBESIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROKININ B; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58549104897     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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