Mechanisms underlying the increased plasma ACTH levels in chronic psychosocially stressed male mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Füchsl, Andrea M ^a   Langgartner, Dominik ^a,b   Reber, Stefan O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEIN 5; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOUSING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOUSING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84893459515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084161     Document Type: Article

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