Does midbrain urocortin 1 matter? A 15-year journey from stress (mal)adaptation to energy metabolism

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-383

  Kozicz, Tamás ^a   Sterrenburg, Linda ^a   Xu, Lu ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depression; Edinger Westphal central projecting neurons; energy metabolism; sex difference; stress; Urocortin 1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; UROCORTIN I;

DEPRESSION; DNA MODIFICATION; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; MOOD; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UROCORTINS;

EID: 79958783516     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.563806     Document Type: Review

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