Intact Catecholamine Inputs to the Forebrain are Required for Appropriate Regulation of Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone and Vasopressin Gene Expression by Corticosterone in the Rat Paraventricular Nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1517-1526

  Kaminski, K L ^a   Watts, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH secretogogue; Amygdala; Body weight; Hypothalamus; Metabolism; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOTOXIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; SAPORIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84869840283     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02363.x     Document Type: Article

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