Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Controls Stimulus-Transcription Coupling in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis to Mediate Sustained Hormone Secretion During Stress

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 944-955

  Stroth, N ^a   Liu, Y ^b   Aguilera, G ^b   Eiden, L E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Nr4a; Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; RNA; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NOR1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NR4A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80053165170     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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