Stress-induced changes in gene expression of urocortin 2 and other CRH peptides in rat adrenal medulla: Involvement of glucocorticoids

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Tillinger, Andrej ^a   Nostramo, Regina ^a   Kvetnansky, Richard ^b   Serova, Lidia ^a   Sabban, Esther L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

adrenal medulla; corticotropin releasing hormone; CRH receptors; immobilization stress; urocortin 2

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN I; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; PEPTIDE; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN 3, RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CRH GENE; CRHR1 GENE; CRHR2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PC12 CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UCN1 GENE; UCN2 GENE; UCN3 GENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

MUS; RATTUS;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UROCORTINS;

EID: 84876130297     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12152     Document Type: Article

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