Inhibitory Function of the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response to an Emotional Stressor but not Immune Challenge

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-55

  Ebner, K ^a   Muigg, P ^a   Singewald, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotrophic hormone; Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Lesion; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EMOTIONS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871506427     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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