Immune challenge activates neural inputs to the ventrolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-265

  Bienkowski, Michael S ^a   Rinaman, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Inflammatory response; Stress

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 79958844193     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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