A unique “Angiotensin-Sensitive” neuronal population coordinates neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and behavioral responses to stress

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 3478-3490

  de Kloet, Annette D ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Pitra, Soledad ^c   Hiller, Helmut ^b   Smith, Justin A ^b   Tan, Yalun ^b   Nguyen, Dani ^b   Cahill, Karlena M ^b   Sumners, Colin ^a   Stern, Javier E ^c   Krause, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiovascular; Depression; Glucocorticoids; Hypertension; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PROTIRELIN; VASOPRESSIN; VIRUS VECTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONNECTOME; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STRESS; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85016476844     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3674-16.2017     Document Type: Article

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