Stress and the reproductive axis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 573-586

  Toufexis, D ^a,b   Rivarola, M A ^c   Lara, H ^d   Viau, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maternal care; Oestrogen; Ovary; Reproduction; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULTHOOD; ANOVULATION; CHRONIC STRESS; EMOTION; ESTROGEN RELEASE; HAPLORHINI; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MATERNAL CARE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84906505999     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12179     Document Type: Review

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