Chronic stress alters glucocorticoid receptor and mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA expression in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) brain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 832-840

  Dickens, M ^a   Romero, L M ^a   Cyr, N E ^a   Dunn, I C ^b   Meddle, S L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AVIAN PROTEINS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINCHES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARLINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349971793     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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