Nicotine self-administration diminishes stress-induced norepinephrine secretion but augments adrenergic-responsiveness in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and enhances adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosterone release

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1327-1337

  Yu, Guoliang ^a   Sharp, Burt M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticotrophin releasing factor; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Nicotine; Norepinephrine; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; NICOTINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOKING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 75949121575     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06551.x     Document Type: Article

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