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      Decreased Sensitivity to Glucocorticoid Fast Feedback in Chronically Stressed Rats

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          A number of changes in anterior pituitary corticotrophs occur after chronic footshock. These include increased ACTH and β-endorphin content and a loss of glucocorticoid negative feedback on corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-stimulated ACTH and β-endorphin secretion, without changes in sensitivity to ovine CRH examined in vitro [9]. The present studies were undertaken to determine whether the in vitro changes were reflected by similar changes in vivo. We developed a fast feedback paradigm using a 5-min swim stress as challenge, with injection of saline or corticosterone immediately prior to swim. Corticosterone reliably decreased ACTH and β-endorphin responses to swim over the 30-min period studied. This feedback inhibition did not occur in rats that were either exposed to 30 min of chronic footshock for 7 or 14 days or in rats that were treated with corticosterone daily for 14 days in a regimen that has been reported to decrease hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors. By contrast, in rats exposed to the less intense stimulus of 30 min swim for 14 days, the fast feedback action of corticosterone was intact. These results suggest that both fast and delayed feedback corticosterone-inhibitory mechanisms may be blocked by relatively high levels of chronic stress or by chronic treatment with corticosterone, possibly as a consequence of decreased hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor number.

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          Journal
          NEN
          Neuroendocrinology
          10.1159/issn.0028-3835
          Neuroendocrinology
          S. Karger AG
          0028-3835
          1423-0194
          1990
          1990
          03 April 2008
          : 51
          : 5
          : 536-542
          Affiliations
          aMental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., and bDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA
          Article
          125388 Neuroendocrinology 1990;51:536–542
          10.1159/000125388
          2162011
          f6683dc3-8981-4475-92e0-cafbacd44112
          © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 30 May 1989
          : 17 October 1989
          Page count
          Pages: 7
          Categories
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          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          β-Endorphin,Glucocorticoid negative feedback,Stress

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