Central corticotropin releasing factor and social stress

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 JUL, 2013, Pages

  Backström, Tobias ^a   Winberg, Svante ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); CRF receptors; Dominance hierarchies; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Social defeat; Social isolation; Social stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROPEPTIDE; SAUVAGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN I; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III; UROTENSIN I; UROTENSIN II; UROTENSIN III;

AGGRESSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BROWN TROUT; CHRONIC STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CRUCIAN CARP; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RAINBOW TROUT; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TELEOST; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84888431649     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00117     Document Type: Review

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