Differential immunoreactivity of glucocorticoid receptors and vasopressin in neurons of the anterior and medial parvocellular subdvisions of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 271-278

  de Souza, Leandro Marques ^a   Franci, Celso Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptors; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Paraventricular nucleus; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; THIRD VENTRICLE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77955086299     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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