Disrupting hypothalamic glucocorticoid receptors causes HPA axis hyperactivity and excess adiposity

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1655-1665

  Laryea, Gloria ^a,c   Schütz, Günther ^b   Muglia, Louis J ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOPELESSNESS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; LOXP SITE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIM1 GENE; STRESS; STUNTING;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84884769887     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1187     Document Type: Article

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