Regulation of Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis PACAP Expression by Stress and Corticosterone

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Lezak, Kimberly R ^a   Roman, Carolyn W ^a,b   Braas, Karen M ^b   Schutz, Kristin C ^b   Falls, William A ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^c   May, Victor ^b   Hammack, Sayamwong E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST); Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP); Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE, TYPE I; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895418633     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0269-8     Document Type: Article

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