Interactions of orexins/hypocretins with adrenocortical functions

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-371

  Kagerer, S M ^a   Johren O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Glucocorticoids; Hypocretin; Orexin; OX1 receptor; OX2 receptor

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN; CALCIUM ION; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PENETRATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 75749083285     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02034.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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