Tonic, But Not Phasic Corticosterone, Constrains Stress Activated Extracellular-Regulated-Kinase 1/ 2 Immunoreactivity Within the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1241-1251

  Osterlund, C D ^a   Jarvis, E ^a   Chadayammuri, A ^a   Unnithan, R ^a   Weiser, M J ^a   Spencer, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Paraventricular nucleus; PERK1 2

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 81855206141     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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