ea0020s7.4 | Glucocorticoid action in the brain | ECE2009
Dallman Mary
, Pecoraro Norman
, Warne James
, Ginsberg Abigail
, Akana Susan
Stressors engage a neural stress response network that is mediated in large part through the immediate actions of the stimuli on corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons in the amygdala (CeA) and in the long-term by the actions of glucocorticoids (GC) on increased synthesis of CRF in CeA and secretion of CRF on the monoaminergic cell groups as well as forebrain. The consequences of this bias behavioral, autonomic and endocrine outputs in the stressed organism. However, the...