Catecholamines and Stress

Stress - From Molecules to Behavior: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Neurobiology of Stress Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-35

  Sabban, Esther L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Catecholamines; Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Phenylethanolamine N methyltransferase; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system; Transcription; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891295823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628346.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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