Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) increases corticosterone in male and female rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-20

  Lezak, K R ^a   Roelke, E ^a   Harris, O M ^a   Choi, I ^a,b   Edwards, S ^a,b   Gick, N ^a,b   Cocchiaro, G ^a   Missig, G ^b   Roman, C W ^b   Braas, K M ^b   Toufexis, D J ^a   May, V ^b   Hammack, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Estradiol; Estrogen; Extended amygdala; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84901189014     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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