A common substrate for prefrontal and hippocampal inhibition of the neuroendocrine stress response

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 9683-9695

  Radley, Jason J ^a   Sawchenko, Paul E ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; EXCITOTOXIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBICULUM; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959983796     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6040-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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