Chronic psychosocial stress results in sensitization of the HPA axis to acute heterotypic stressors despite a reduction of adrenal in vitro ACTH responsiveness

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1676-1687

  Uschold Schmidt, Nicole ^a   Nyuyki, Kewir D ^a   Füchsl, Andrea M ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a   Reber, Stefan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal glands; Chronic psychosocial stress; CSC; Heterotypic stressor; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MRAP PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HETEROTYPIC STRESSOR; ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865543622     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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