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Science 18 September 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4514, pp. 1394 - 1397
DOI: 10.1126/science.6267699

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Characterization of a 41-residue ovine hypothalamic peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and beta-endorphin

W Vale, J Spiess, C Rivier, and J Rivier

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  • Medicine..Behavioral and Psychosocial Issues


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Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Urocortin I Modulate Excitatory Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission.
J. Liu, B. Yu, V. Neugebauer, D. E. Grigoriadis, J. Rivier, W. W. Vale, P. Shinnick-Gallagher, and J. P. Gallagher (2004)
J. Neurosci. 24, 4020-4029
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Corticotrophin Releasing Factor-Induced Synaptic Plasticity in the Amygdala Translates Stress into Emotional Disorders.
D. G. Rainnie, R. Bergeron, T. J. Sajdyk, M. Patil, D. R. Gehlert, and A. Shekhar (2004)
J. Neurosci. 24, 3471-3479
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Specificity and Regulation of Extracellularly Regulated Kinase1/2 Phosphorylation through Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptors 1 and 2{beta} by the CRF/Urocortin Family of Peptides.
B. K. Brar, A. Chen, M. H. Perrin, and W. Vale (2004)
Endocrinology 145, 1718-1729
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Stress and the genesis of diabetes mellitus in schizophrenia.
T. G. Dinan (2004)
The British Journal of Psychiatry 184, s72-s75
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NF-{kappa}B Participates in the Corticotropin-releasing, Hormone-induced Regulation of the Pituitary Proopiomelanocortin Gene.
K. P. K