The role of oestradiol in sexually dimorphic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrena axis responses to intracerebroventricular ethanol administration in the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Larkin, J W ^a   Binks, S L ^a   Li, Y ^a   Selvage, D ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotrophin; Ethanol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Locus coeruleus; Oestrous cycle; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73349096304     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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