Corticosterone pretreatment suppresses stress-induced hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis activity via multiple actions that vary with time, site of action, and de novo protein synthesis

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-322

  Osterlund, Chad ^a   Spencer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951775871     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-10-0413     Document Type: Article

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