Central vasopressin V1A receptor blockade alters patterns of cellular activation and prevents glucocorticoid habituation to repeated restraint stress exposure

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2005-2015

  Gray, Megan ^a,b   Innala, Leyla ^a   Viau, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; C fos; Habituation; Neural pathways; Paraventricular nucleus; Stress; V1a receptor

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROTEIN C FOS; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; EXERCISE; HABITUATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84937511229     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145714000935     Document Type: Article

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