Catecholamine and corticosteroid secretion and gene expression of the synthesizing enzymes in adrenal glands of SHRSP and WKY in response to cold stress

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Endo, H ^a   Tabuchi, M ^a   Ashenagar, M S ^a   Ooshima, K ^a   Chen, H ^b   Higashino, H ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Catecholamines; Corticosteroids; Dna microarray; Hypertension; Pituitary adrenocortical axis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; LEVODOPA; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DNA MICROARRAY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STROKE PRONE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRY; UPREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

EID: 79959438763     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2011.19.29     Document Type: Article

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