Roles of the Locus Coeruleus and Adrenergic Receptors in Brain-Mediated Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Responses to Intracerebroventricular Alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1084-1090

  Selvage, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic Receptors; HPA Axis; Locus Coeruleus; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; CORYNANTHINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861720726     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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