Orally administered l-ornithine reduces restraint stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-291

  Kurata, Koji ^a   Nagasawa, Mao ^a   Tomonaga, Shozo ^a   Aoki, Mami ^b   Akiduki, Saori ^b   Morishita, Koji ^b   Denbow, D Michael ^c   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO   (Japan)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; L Ornithine; Microdialysis; Monoamine; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE; ORNITHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; MONOAMINE RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICRODIALYSIS; ORNITHINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84655162033     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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