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Chronic stress and comfort foods: self-medication and abdominal obesityMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology and Program in Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Brain Behav Immun 19:275-80. 2005..A signal associated with this fat depot appears, as with eating "comfort foods," to reduce the influence of the chronic stress network on behaviors, autonomic, and neuroendocrine outflow...
Bottomed out: metabolic significance of the circadian trough in glucocorticoid concentrationsM F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:S40-6. 2000..Thus, chronic mild stress, by overriding the normal mineralocorticoid receptor-mediated corticosteroid feedback regulation of trough CRF and ACTH secretion, facilitates development of the metabolic syndrome...
A spoonful of sugar: feedback signals of energy stores and corticosterone regulate responses to chronic stressMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, Box 0444, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Physiol Behav 79:3-12. 2003..We speculate that the interaction between peripheral and central GC-sensitive signaling systems may be coupled through the inhibitory actions of endogenous opiatergic inputs on corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons...
Chronic stress and obesity: a new view of "comfort food"Mary F Dallman
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:11696-701. 2003..These mechanisms, determined in rats, may explain some of the epidemic of obesity occurring in our society...
Fast glucocorticoid feedback favors 'the munchies'Mary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 14:394-6. 2003..Similar findings in other hypothalamic neurons suggest that this action of GCs might be common in the brain, and could, in part, explain rapid GC effects on food intake...
Warning! Nearby construction can profoundly affect your experimentsM F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, USA
Endocrine 11:111-3. 1999..However, we did not anticipate the change and disruption in energy balance that may occur in response to environmental perturbation. We provide two examples of these, below...
Minireview: glucocorticoids--food intake, abdominal obesity, and wealthy nations in 2004Mary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 145:2633-8. 2004..Finally, we discuss the evolutionary utility of these actions of the stress hormones, and how dysregulatory effects of chronically elevated glucocorticoids may occur in our modern, rich societies...
Chronic stress-induced effects of corticosterone on brain: direct and indirectM F Dallman
Dept of Physiology, Box 0444, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:141-50. 2004..Moreover, central neural actions of glucocorticoids abet the peripheral effects of the steroids by increasing the salience and ingestion of pleasurable foods...
Starvation: early signals, sensors, and sequelaeM F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 140:4015-23. 1999....
Ode to B-flat: questing with quintessential colleaguesMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1032:299-300. 2004..A brief summary of the trajectory of the lab. It includes where the work of the lab has been, where it is now, and, perhaps, where we are going in the next decade...
Corticosterone exerts site-specific and state-dependent effects in prefrontal cortex and amygdala on regulation of adrenocorticotropic hormone, insulin and fat depotsS F Akana
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 13:625-37. 2001....
Regulation of activity in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis is integral to a larger hypothalamic system that determines caloric flowS F Akana
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0444
Endocrinology 135:1125-34. 1994....
Sucrose intake and corticosterone interact with cold to modulate ingestive behaviour, energy balance, autonomic outflow and neuroendocrine responses during chronic stressM E Bell
Department of Physiology, Program in Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0444, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 14:330-42. 2002....
Disengaging insulin from corticosterone: roles of each on energy intake and dispositionJames P Warne
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 296:R1366-75. 2009..Collectively, these data show that corticosterone and insulin determine the intake, form, and compartmentalization of energy both independently and interactively...
Interactions among chronic cold, corticosterone and puberty on energy intake and depositionS F Akana
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Stress 3:131-46. 1999..The slope of the relationship between fat depot size and leptin becomes flatter in cold, possibly because of increased sympathetic outflow to these depots...
Hypothalamic obesity: multiple routes mediated by loss of function in medial cell groupsS Choi
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 140:4081-8. 1999..These studies distinguish among functions in the four medial hypothalamic nuclei and suggest that interactions among them normally serve to regulate energy balance through alterations in food acquisition and storage...
Corticosterone infused intracerebroventricularly inhibits energy storage and stimulates the hypothalamo-pituitary axis in adrenalectomized rats drinking sucroseKevin D Laugero
Department of Physiology and Program in Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0444, USA
Endocrinology 143:4552-62. 2002..By contrast, tonic GR occupancy in brain initiates metabolic and ACTH responses characteristic of stress...
Insulin and the constituent branches of the hepatic vagus interact to modulate hypothalamic and limbic neuropeptide mRNA expression differentiallyJ P Warne
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 20:1067-77. 2008....
Hepatic vagotomy alters limbic and hypothalamic neuropeptide responses to insulin-dependent diabetes and voluntary lard ingestionSusanne E la Fleur
Department of Physiology and Program in Neurosciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Eur J Neurosci 21:2733-42. 2005....
Chronic cold in adrenalectomized, corticosterone (B)-treated rats: facilitated corticotropin responses to acute restraint emerge as B increasesS F Akana
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 138:3249-58. 1997....
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal dysfunction in Apoe(-/-) mice: possible role in behavioral and metabolic alterationsJ Raber
Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, University of California, San Francisco, California 94141 9100, USA
J Neurosci 20:2064-71. 2000..These results support a key role for apoE in the tonic inhibition of steroidogenesis and HPA axis activity and have important implications for the behavioral analysis of Apoe(-/-) mice...
Pituitary-adrenocortical responses to persistent noxious stimuli in the awake rat: endogenous corticosterone does not reduce nociception in the formalin testB K Taylor
W M Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience, and Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0452, USA
Endocrinology 139:2407-13. 1998....
Palatable foods, stress, and energy stores sculpt corticotropin-releasing factor, adrenocorticotropin, and corticosterone concentrations after restraintMichelle T Foster
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 150:2325-33. 2009..The results suggest strongly that ingestion of highly palatable foods reduces activity in the central stress response network, perhaps reducing the feeling of stressors...
Androgens alter corticotropin releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin mRNA within forebrain sites known to regulate activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisV Viau
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0444, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 13:442-52. 2001....
Elevated corticosterone is not required for the rapid induction of neuropeptide Y gene expression by an overnight fastE S Hanson
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 138:1041-7. 1997..We conclude that: 1) elevated B is not required for fasting-induced increases in hypothalamic NPY gene expression; and 2) decreases in neither leptin nor insulin alone signal the changes that occur in NPY mRNA in fasted rats...
Lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex enhance the early phase of psychogenic fever to unexpected sucrose concentration reductions, promote recovery from negative contrast and enhance spontaneous recovery of sucrose-entrained anticipatory activityN Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 415 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Neuroscience 153:901-17. 2008..These failures to inhibit responding point to a failure in interference learning in rats bearing lesions of the mPFC...
A cholecystokinin-mediated pathway to the paraventricular thalamus is recruited in chronically stressed rats and regulates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal functionS Bhatnagar
Department of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
J Neurosci 20:5564-73. 2000..These results demonstrate clearly that chronic stress recruits a new set of pathways that modulate HPA responsiveness to a novel stress...
Sucrose ingestion normalizes central expression of corticotropin-releasing-factor messenger ribonucleic acid and energy balance in adrenalectomized rats: a glucocorticoid-metabolic-brain axis?K D Laugero
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 142:2796-804. 2001....
Marked regulatory shifts in gonadal, adrenal, and metabolic system responses to repeated restraint stress occur within a 3-week period in pubertal male ratsFrancisca Gomez
Department of Physiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0444, USA
Endocrinology 143:2852-62. 2002..In early puberty, priority is placed on maintaining normal ponderal growth, whereas in late puberty, priority is placed on maintaining reproductive capability...
The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus alters rhythms in core temperature and energy balance in a state-dependent mannerS Bhatnagar
Department of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco 94143 0444, USA
Brain Res 851:66-75. 1999....
Effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes and insulin treatment on the hypothalamic melanocortin system and muscle uncoupling protein 3 expression in ratsP J Havel
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
Diabetes 49:244-52. 2000..These responses, in concert with increased muscle UCP-3 expression, may also contribute to the catabolic effects of uncontrolled diabetes on fuel metabolism in peripheral tissues...
Rats with hypothalamic obesity are insensitive to central leptin injectionsS Choi
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 140:4426-33. 1999..Thus, lesions of the ARC, PVN, and VMN produced obesity via separate pathways. We conclude that the medial hypothalamic cell groups, each with a different role in energy balance, are all necessary for normal leptin responsiveness...
Choice of lard, but not total lard calories, damps adrenocorticotropin responses to restraintSusanne E la Fleur
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0444, USA
Endocrinology 146:2193-9. 2005....
Repeated stress in young and old 5-HT(2C) receptor knockout miceJennifer M Chou-Green
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0444, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Physiol Behav 79:217-26. 2003..Together, these findings indicate that 5-HT(2C) receptor KO mice are hyperresponsive to repeated stress and this effect is influenced by stressor intensity and initial metabolic state of the mouse...
Mapping brain c-Fos immunoreactivity after insulin-induced voluntary lard intake: insulin- and lard-associated patternsJ P Warne
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Neuroendocrinol 19:794-808. 2007..The anterior paraventricular thalamic nucleus exhibited both patterns. These data collectively fit into a framework for food intake and reward and provide targets for pharmacological manipulation to influence the choice of food intake...
Androgen-sensitive changes in regulation of restraint-induced adrenocorticotropin secretion between early and late puberty in male ratsFrancisca Gomez
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0444, USA
Endocrinology 145:59-70. 2004..We conclude that during puberty testosterone induces marked changes in regulation of neuropeptides in pathways known to determine autonomic, neuroendocrine, and behavioral responses to chronic stress...
Filling the interstices: ghrelin neurons plug several holes in regulation of energy balanceMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Neuron 37:550-3. 2003....
Modulation of stress responses: how we cope with excess glucocorticoidsMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Exp Neurol 206:179-82. 2007
The stimulation of liver angiotensinogen by glucocorticoids depends on the type of steroid and its mode of administrationC F Deschepper
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0444
Endocrinology 131:2371-7. 1992..All three mechanisms may have contributed concomitantly to the absence of response of plasma AOG to mild and chronic elevations of plasma B. These results suggest that glucocorticoids are unlikely to be primary regulators of liver AOG...
The effects of prior chronic stress on cardiovascular responses to acute restraint and formalin injectionS Bhatnagar
Dept of Physiology, Box 0444, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Brain Res 797:313-20. 1998..We propose that these modifications are produced by brain regions that are known to regulate cardiovascular function and which are activated by chronic stress...
Glucocorticoids, chronic stress, and obesityMary F Dallman
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Prog Brain Res 153:75-105. 2006..Finally, we briefly discuss the problems with this network that normally serves to aid in responses to chronic stress, in our current overindulged, and underexercised society...
Comparison of superior mesenteric versus jugular venous infusions of insulin in streptozotocin-diabetic rats on the choice of caloric intake, body weight, and fat storesJames P Warne
Department of Physiology, Box 0444, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Endocrinology 147:5443-51. 2006....
Stress-induced obesity and the emotional nervous systemMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 21:159-65. 2010..These effects of stressors emphasize the importance of teaching mental reappraisal techniques to restore responses from habitual to thoughtful, thus battling stress-induced obesity...
From Malthus to motive: how the HPA axis engineers the phenotype, yoking needs to wantsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, United States
Prog Neurobiol 79:247-340. 2006..Adverse side effects of this yoking under conditions of glucocorticoid excess are discussed...
Rapid alteration of stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal hormone secretion in the rat: a comparison of glucocorticoids and cannabinoidsAbigail B Ginsberg
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Stress 13:248-57. 2010....
Hepatic branch vagotomy, like insulin replacement, promotes voluntary lard intake in streptozotocin-diabetic ratsJames P Warne
Department of Physiology, Box 0444, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Endocrinology 148:3288-98. 2007..These actions may be modulated by insulin acting both centrally and peripherally...
Glucocorticoids, the etiology of obesity and the metabolic syndromeMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Curr Alzheimer Res 4:199-204. 2007..Correlative results from a clinical study support the powerful role of small changes in glucocorticoids in type 2 diabetes...
Glucocorticoids and insulin both modulate caloric intake through actions on the brainMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
J Physiol 583:431-6. 2007..Both conditions of reduced food allowance and chronic stress excite glucocorticoid-augmented central neural networks that may lead toward ultimate abdominal obesity...
Afferent signalling through the common hepatic branch of the vagus inhibits voluntary lard intake and modifies plasma metabolite levels in ratsJames P Warne
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Physiol 583:455-67. 2007..Collectively, these data suggest that afferent signalling through the common hepatic branch of the vagus inhibits lard, but not chow, intake, directs fat deposition and regulates plasma metabolite levels...
Temperature and activity responses to sucrose concentration reductions occur on the 1st but not the 2nd day of concentration shifts, and are blocked by low, constant glucocorticoidsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94113, USA
Behav Neurosci 121:764-78. 2007....
Diverse basal and stress-related phenotypes of Sprague Dawley rats from three vendorsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, United States
Physiol Behav 89:598-610. 2006..Substantial phenotypic differences exist between Sprague Dawley rats from different vendors with respect to metabolism and HPA function. The metabolic feedback hypothesis was supported in two of the three vendors' rats...
Metabolic and neuroendocrine consequences of a duodenal-jejunal bypass in rats on a choice dietJames P Warne
Departments of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143, USA
Ann Surg 249:269-76. 2009..We sought to examine insulin-sensitive food intake behavior and neuroendocrine and metabolic variables of rats that had undergone a duodenal-jejunal bypass (DJB)...
The gastroduodenal branch of the common hepatic vagus regulates voluntary lard intake, fat deposition, and plasma metabolites in streptozotocin-diabetic ratsJames P Warne
Dept of Physiology, Box 0444, Univ of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 294:E190-200. 2008..These data suggest that the gastroduodenal branch of the vagus inhibits lard intake and regulates WAT deposition and plasma metabolite levels in STZ-diabetic rats...
An unexpected reduction in sucrose concentration activates the HPA axis on successive post shift days without attenuation by discriminative contextual stimuliNorman Pecoraro
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, 415 Parnassus Ave, Box 0444, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, United States
Physiol Behav 96:651-61. 2009..The data indicate that thwarting sucrose expectancies is stressful, and that this stress response habituates across days...
Fast glucocorticoid actions on brain: back to the futureMary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Front Neuroendocrinol 26:103-8. 2005....
Interaction between corticosterone and insulin in obesity: regulation of lard intake and fat storesSusanne E la Fleur
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0444, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
Endocrinology 145:2174-85. 2004..These results suggest that some human obesities may result from elevated glucocorticoids and insulin increasing the proportional intake of high density calories...
Single, but not multiple pairings of sucrose and corticosterone enhance memory for sucrose drinking and amplify remote reward relativity effectsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Neurobiol Learn Mem 83:188-95. 2005..Through effects on memory, stress hormones may modulate reward and reward relativity...
Brief access to sucrose engages food-entrainable rhythms in food-deprived ratsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94113 0444, USA
Behav Neurosci 116:757-76. 2002..After a shift to 4% sucrose for 8 days, the 10-min group showed signs of damping of these rhythms, whereas the 5-min group did not. Data indicated that brief access to sucrose engages food-entrainable rhythms in food-deprived rats...
Intermittent morphine administration induces dependence and is a chronic stressor in ratsHani Houshyar
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1960-72. 2003..Drug addicts treat themselves intermittently, and stress causes relapse after withdrawal. Thus, intermittent morphine, itself, may promote relapse...
The hepatic vagus mediates fat-induced inhibition of diabetic hyperphagiaSusanne E la Fleur
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
Diabetes 52:2321-30. 2003..Furthermore, common branch hepatic vagotomy without diabetes induced indexes of obesity. Abnormal function of the hepatic vagus, as occurs in diabetic neuropathy, may contribute to diabetic obesity...
Chronic stress promotes palatable feeding, which reduces signs of stress: feedforward and feedback effects of chronic stressNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143 0444
Endocrinology 145:3754-62. 2004..The results of this experiment tend to support our model of chronic effects of stress and GCs, showing a stressor-induced preference for comfort food, and a comfort-food reduction in activity of the HPA axis...
Long double-stranded RNA-mediated RNA interference as a tool to achieve site-specific silencing of hypothalamic neuropeptidesAditi Bhargava
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Brain Res Brain Res Protoc 13:115-25. 2004..Thus, using long dsRNA, we were able to ascertain site-specific roles of CRF and AVP in adult rats without any developmental compensation and in a wild-type background...
Repeated, non-habituating stress suppresses inflammatory plasma extravasation by a novel, sympathoadrenal dependent mechanismHolly J Strausbaugh
Department of Anatomy, University of California, 521 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA
Eur J Neurosci 17:805-12. 2003..The effect of nonhabituating stress on inflammation was dependent on the sympathoadrenal axis with no detectable contribution by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis...
Decreased gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal activity is associated with decreased fertility and dysregulation of food intake in the female GPR-4 transgenic ratFrancisca Gomez
Department of Obstetrics, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW1475, Box 0556, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Endocrinology 146:3800-8. 2005..Overeating did not correlate with changes in estradiol or androstenedione levels. We conclude that decreased GnRH neuronal activity is closely associated with decreased reproductive function and dysregulation of food intake...
Glucocorticoids dose-dependently remodel energy stores and amplify incentive relativity effectsNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 94143 0444, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 30:815-25. 2005....
c-Fos after incentive shifts: expectancy, incredulity, and recoveryNorman Pecoraro
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Behav Neurosci 119:366-87. 2005..Robust FLI on Shift 1 was absent on Shift 2, consistent with evidence for rapid (1-trial) changes in all major motor outputs mediated by expectancy...
Time-dependent alterations in mRNA expression of brain neuropeptides regulating energy balance and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal activity after withdrawal from intermittent morphine treatmentHani Houshyar
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0444, USA
J Neurosci 24:9414-24. 2004..Repeated partial withdrawal associated with intermittent morphine treatment, compounded by complete withdrawal associated with termination of the treatment, is likely required for these metabolic and HPA derangements...
Haploinsufficiency of steroidogenic factor-1 in mice disrupts adrenal development leading to an impaired stress responseM L Bland
Department of Physiology, Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:14488-93. 2000..Our findings predict that natural variations leading to reduced SF-1 function may underlie some forms of subclinical adrenal insufficiency, which become life threatening during traumatic stress...
Glucocorticoids prolong Ca(2+) transients in hippocampal-derived H19-7 neurons by repressing the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase-1Aditi Bhargava
Department of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Mol Endocrinol 16:1629-37. 2002..Prolonged exposure to GCs, resulting in concomitant accumulation of [Ca(2+)](i), is likely to compromise neuronal function and viability...
Diminished hypothalamic bdnf expression and impaired VMH function are associated with reduced SF-1 gene dosagePhu V Tran
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Comp Neurol 498:637-48. 2006..Collectively, we propose that a reduction in the sf-1 gene dosage directly affects BDNF levels in the VMH and disrupts normal hypothalamic function...
Adrenal medullary modulation of the inhibition of bradykinin-induced plasma extravasation by intrathecal nicotineF J Miao
Department of Medicine, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 264:839-44. 1993..Nicotine, when administered i.t., can inhibit synovial BK-PE, but this effect is expressed only at high doses in the presence of an intact adrenal medulla.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)..
Plasma membrane calcium pump isoform 1 gene expression is repressed by corticosterone and stress in rat hippocampusA Bhargava
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Neurosci 20:3129-38. 2000..Defects in the balance between GC-mediated and non-GC-mediated effects on PMCA1 expression may have adverse effects on neuronal function and ultimately result in irreversible neuronal damage...
Eating disorder and epilepsy in mice lacking 5-HT2c serotonin receptorsL H Tecott
Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0450, USA
Nature 374:542-6. 1995..Mutant animals are also prone to spontaneous death from seizures, suggesting that 5-HT2C receptors mediate tonic inhibition of neuronal network excitability...
Compulsive behavior in the 5-HT2C receptor knockout mouseJennifer M Chou-Green
Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0444, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Physiol Behav 78:641-9. 2003..We conclude that the 5-HT(2C) receptor null mutant mouse provides a promising model of compulsive behavior and a means to further explore the role of 5-HT in OCD...
Stress by any other name .....?Mary F Dallman
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0444, USA
Horm Behav 43:18-20; discussion 28-30. 2003
Stress, diet and abdominal obesity: Y?James P Warne
Nat Med 13:781-3. 2007
Changes in anxiety-related behaviors and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in mice lacking the 5-HT-3A receptorSeema Bhatnagar
Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program, Box 1109, University of Michigan, 525 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1109, USA
Physiol Behav 81:545-55. 2004..Together, these data suggest that the 5-HT-3A receptor does not have a unitary role in the regulation of anxiety- and fear-related behaviors but has a potentially substantial role in the regulation of HPA activity...
Adrenocortical function, feedback, and alphabet soupMary F Dallman
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 289:E361-2. 2005
