Increased expression level of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the amygdala and in the hypothalamus in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable mild stress

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Wang, Shan Shan ^a,b   Yan, Xue Bo ^b   Hofman, Michel A ^c   Swaab, Dick F ^c   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amygdala; chronic unpredictable mild stress; corticotropin releasing hormone; hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC UNPREDICTABLE MILD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; SWIMMING; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77956039120     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-010-0329-1     Document Type: Article

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