Sexual dimorphism in stress-induced changes in adrenergic and muscarinic receptor densities in the lung of wild type and corticotropin-releasing hormone-knockout mice

Abstract

In mice, the stress reaction is sexually dimorphic and an intact hypothalamo-pituitary – adrenocortical system is required for the normal reaction of pulmonary adrenergic and MR to stress.

Keywords

• stress
• males
• females
• CRH knockout
• adrenoceptors
• muscarinic receptor