Neurobiology of stress-induced reproductive dysfunction in female macaques

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-230

  Bethea, Cynthia L ^a   Centeno, Maria Luisa ^a   Cameron, Judy L ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Beta endorphin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cynomolgus macaque; Paraventricular nucleus; Pro opiomelanocortin; Reproduction; Serotonin; Stress; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OVULATION INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; OVULATION INHIBITION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 59049103855     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-008-8042-z     Document Type: Review

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