Effect of acupuncture on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system in maternal separation rats

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1123-1127

  Park, Hae Jeong ^a   Park, Hi Joon ^b   Chae, Younbyoung ^b   Kim, Jong Woo ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^b   Chung, Joo Ho ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anxiety related behavior; Early life stress; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal system; Maternal separation

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860849224     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9718-x     Document Type: Article

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