Differential immunoreactivity of glucocorticoid receptor and GABA in GABAergic afferents to parvocellular neurons in the paraventricular nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 534, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-204

  De Souza, Leandro Marques ^a   Franci, Celso Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; GABA; Glucocorticoid receptors; HPA axis; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ADRENALECTOMY; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84873059214     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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