The influence of puberty on stress reactivity and forebrain glucocorticoid receptor levels in inbred and outbred strains of male and female mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 592-596

  Romeo, Russell D ^a   Kaplowitz, Elianna T ^a   Ho, Amy ^a   Franco, Daly ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Puberty; Restraint stress; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875054624     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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