Stressor-specific effects of sex on HPA axis hormones and activation of stress-related neurocircuitry

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-677

  Babb, Jessica A ^a   Masini, Cher V ^a   Day, Heidi E W ^a   Campeau, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; c fos; corticosterone; estrous cycle; paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; sex differences; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NOISE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROESTRUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885621677     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.840282     Document Type: Article

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