Central and peripheral glucocorticoid receptors are involved in the plasma cortisol response to an acute stressor in rainbow trout

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85

  Alderman, Sarah L ^a   McGuire, Alison ^a   Bernier, Nicholas J ^b   Vijayan, Mathilakath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; CRF; Fish; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPI axis; Oncorhynchus mykiss; P450scc; RU486; StAR; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAINBOW TROUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84857109807     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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