Estrogen impairs glucocorticoid dependent negative feedback on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis via estrogen receptor alpha within the hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 883-895

  Weiser, M J ^a   Handa, R J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; estrogen receptor; glucocorticoids; paraventricular nucleus; stress

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTODOXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; NITRILES; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROPIONATES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRAZOLES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 60849087658     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.058     Document Type: Article

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