Stressor-specific activation of catecholaminergic systems: implications for stress-related hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical responses

Adv Pharmacol. 1998:42:561-4. doi: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60812-1.

Authors

K Pacák¹, J S Baffi, R Kvetnanský, D S Goldstein, M Palkovits

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Washington, D.C. USA.

PMID: 9327963
DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60812-1

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / blood
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / metabolism
Animals
Brain Stem / metabolism
Catecholamines / physiology*
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiology
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiopathology*
Male
Neurons / metabolism
Norepinephrine / metabolism
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / metabolism
Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiology
Pituitary-Adrenal System / physiopathology*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / biosynthesis
Rats
Rats, Inbred WKY
Stress, Physiological / physiopathology*
Stress, Psychological / physiopathology*

Substances

Catecholamines
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Norepinephrine