The modulatory role of the lateral septum on neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-804

  Singewald, Georg M ^a   Rjabokon, Alesja ^a   Singewald, Nicolas ^a   Ebner, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

ACTH; corticosterone; forced swimming; glucocorticoids; HPA axis; serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; IBOTENIC ACID; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951509897     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.213     Document Type: Article

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