High fat feeding is associated with stimulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and reduced anxiety in the rat

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 272-280

  McNeilly, Alison D ^a   Stewart, Caroline A ^a   Sutherland, Calum ^a   Balfour, David J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Corticosterone; Elevated plus maze; Glucocorticoid receptor; Mineralocorticoid receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPLASM; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID DIET; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; RAT; ANIMAL; DIET THERAPY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84922660797     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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