Acute response of hypophysiotropic thyrotropin releasing hormone neurons and thyrotropin release to behavioral paradigms producing varying intensities of stress and physical activity

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 61-70

  Gutiérrez Mariscal, Mariana ^a   Sánchez, Edith ^b   García Vázquez, Arlene ^a   Rebolledo Solleiro, Daniela ^a   Charli, Jean Louis ^a   Joseph Bravo, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; CRH; GR; Hypothalamus; Locomotion; TRH

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC NEURON; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; VELOCITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84866696672     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: 18731686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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