The hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system regulates the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis under stress: An old concept revisited

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 132-149

  Engelmann, Mario ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^b   Wotjak, Carsten T ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; CRH; Depression; Forced swimming; GABA; HAB; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Social defeat; Stress; Supraoptic nucleus; Taurine; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TAURINE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SWIMMING; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 9944258456     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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