Differential impact of stress on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: Gene expression changes in Lewis and Fisher rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-59

  Ergang, Peter ^a   Vodička, Martin ^a,b   Soták, Matúš ^a   Klusoňová, Petra ^a   Behuliak, Michal ^a   Řeháková, Lenka ^a   Zach, Petr ^b   Pácha, Jiří ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

11 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; Brain; Fisher rat; Lewis rat; Neuropeptides; Stress

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III; ARGIPRESSIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN;

11HSD1 GENE; ADRENAL WEIGHT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRH GENE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXT GENE; PACAP GENE; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THYMUS WEIGHT; UCN2 GENE; UCN3 GENE; UPREGULATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ADRENAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UROCORTINS;

EID: 84922764413     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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