Ultradian corticosterone secretion is maintained in the absence of circadian cues

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3142-3150

  Waite, Eleanor J ^a   Mckenna, Mervyn ^a   Kershaw, Yvonne ^a   Walker, Jamie J ^a   Cho, Kwangwook ^a   Piggins, Hugh D ^b   Lightman, Stafford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHYTHM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84867515886     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08213.x     Document Type: Article

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