Effect of vasopressin 1b receptor blockade on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response of chronically stressed rats to a heterotypic stressor

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Spiga, Francesca ^a   Harrison, Louise R ^a   MacSweeney, Cliona P ^b   Thomson, Fiona J ^b   Craighead, Mark ^b   Lightman, Stafford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ORG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EXPOSURE; FACILITATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSITIZATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67449128686     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0425     Document Type: Article

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