Acute Restraint Stress Increases Intrahypothalamic Oestradiol Concentrations in Conjunction with Increased Hypothalamic Oestrogen Receptor β and Aromatase mRNA Expression in Female Rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-443

  Liu, J ^a,b   Hu, P ^a   Qi, X R ^a   Meng, F T ^a   Kalsbeek, A ^b,c   Zhou, J N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Microdialysis; Oestradiol; Oestrogen receptor; Stress

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; JUGULAR VEIN; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICRODIALYSIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954478597     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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