Epinephrine: A short- and long-term regulator of stress and development of illness: A potential new role for epinephrine in stress

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-748

  Wong, Dona Lee ^a   Tai, T C ^a,b   Wong Faull, David C ^a   Claycomb, Robert ^a   Meloni, Edward G ^a   Myers, Karyn M ^a   Carlezon Jr , William A ^a   Kvetnansky, Richard ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Genetic control; Phenylethanolamine N methyltransferase; Stress; Stress resilience or sensitivity; Stress induced illness

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENALIN RELEASE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864650145     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9768-0     Document Type: Review

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