The crf system and social behavior: A review

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 MAY, 2013, Pages

  Hostetler, Caroline M ^a   Ryabinin, Andrey E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crf; Isolation; Maternal behavior; Psychological; Social behavior; Stress; Urocortins

Indexed keywords

3 (6 DIMETHYLAMINO 4 METHYL 3 PYRIDINYL) 7 DIPROPYLAMINO 2,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE; ANTALARMIN; ASTRESSIN; BUTYL[2,5 DIMETHYL 7 (2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 YL]ETHYLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STRESSIN 1 A; SVG 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN I; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III;

ADOLESCENCE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRAIRIE; PRIMATE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEFEAT STRESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84878980873     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00092     Document Type: Article

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