Nicotine self-administration differentially modulates glutamate and GABA transmission in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus to enhance the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to stress

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 919-929

  Yu, Guoliang ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Wu, Xingjun ^a   Matta, Shannon G ^a   Sharp, Burt M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Footshock stress; Homeostatic plasticity; Nicotine self administration

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; NICOTINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950938411     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06654.x     Document Type: Article

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