Differential responses of corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin 1 to acute pain stress in the rat brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 183, Issue , 2011, Pages 15-24

  Rouwette, T ^a,b   Klemann, K ^a   Gaszner, B ^a,c   Scheffer, G J ^b   Roubos, E W ^a   Scheenen, W J J M ^a   Vissers, K ^b   Kozicz, T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central amygdala; HPA axis; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Non preganglionic edinger Westphal nucleus; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; UROCORTIN I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UROCORTINS;

EID: 79955599565     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.054     Document Type: Article

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