Sex differences in the effects of chronic stress and food restriction on body weight gain and brain expression of CRF and relaxin-3 in rats

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 370-387

  Lenglos, C ^a   Mitra, A ^a   Guevremont G ^a   Timofeeva, E ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C fos; Chronic stress; Corticosterone; CRF; Feeding; Female; Food restriction; HPA axis; Male; Relaxin 3

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELAXIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878655788     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12028     Document Type: Article

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