The different roles of glucocorticoids in the hippocampus and hypothalamus in chronic stress-induced HPA axis hyperactivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Li Juan ^a,d   Liu, Meng Ying ^a   Li, Huan ^b,e   Liu, Xiao ^b   Chen, Chen ^a   Han, Zhou ^a   Wu, Hai Yin ^a   Jing, Xing ^a   Zhou, Hai Hui ^a   Suh, Hoonkyo ^c   Zhu, Dong Ya ^a   Zhou, Qi Gang ^a,c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901350141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097689     Document Type: Article

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