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53
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8852
World Ranking
5151
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2306

Overview

Louis D. Van de Kar is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their academic profile indicates an active engagement in scientific research through affiliation with this institution.

Details about recent papers authored by Louis D. Van de Kar are not listed. Similarly, information on frequent co-authors is not available.

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Louis D. Van de Kar is currently living.

Best Publications

  • Neuroendocrine pharmacology of stress

    Gonzalo A Carrasco;Louis D Van de Kar

  • 5-HT2A receptors stimulate ACTH, corticosterone, oxytocin, renin, and prolactin release and activate hypothalamic CRF and oxytocin-expressing cells.

    Louis D. Van de Kar;Adil Javed;Yahong Zhang;Florence Serres

  • Amygdaloid lesions: differential effect on conditioned stress and immobilization-induced increases in corticosterone and renin secretion.

    L.D. Van de Kar;Rashel A. Piechowski;Peter A. Rittenhouse;Thackery S. Gray

  • Reduction of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(1A)-mediated temperature and neuroendocrine responses and 5-HT(1A) binding sites in 5-HT transporter knockout mice.

    Qian Li;Christine Wichems;Armin Heils;Louis D. Van De Kar

  • Differential serotonergic innervation of individual hypothalamic nuclei and other forebrain regions by the dorsal and median midbrain raphe nuclei

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  • Brain region-specific alterations of 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors in serotonin transporter knockout mice.

    Qian Li;Christine H. Wichems;Li Ma;Louis D. Van de Kar

  • Chronic mild stress induces behavioral and physiological changes, and may alter serotonin 1A receptor function, in male and cycling female rats

    Angela J. Grippo;Angela J. Grippo;Nicole R. Sullivan;Katerina J. Damjanoska;James W. Crane

  • Cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin, life history of aggression, and personality disorder

    Royce Lee;Craig Ferris;L.D. Van de Kar;Emil F. Coccaro

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and neuroendocrine function.

    DaníK. Raap;Louis D. Van de Kar

  • Chronic fluoxetine induces a gradual desensitization of 5-HT1A receptors: reductions in hypothalamic and midbrain Gi and G(o) proteins and in neuroendocrine responses to a 5-HT1A agonist.

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  • A Desensitization of Hypothalamic 5-HT1A Receptors by Repeated Injections of Paroxetine: Reduction in the Levels of Gi and Go Proteins and Neuroendocrine Responses, but Not in the Density of 5-HT1AReceptors

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  • Pharmacological Evidence that Serotonergic Stimulation of Prolactin Secretion is Mediated via the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus

    Louis D. Van de Kar;Cynthia L. Bethea

  • Long-term fluoxetine, but not desipramine, inhibits the ACTH and oxytocin responses to the 5-HT1A agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, in male rats

    Qian Li;Andrew D. Levy;Theresa M. Cabrera;Mark S. Brownfield

  • WAY-100635 inhibits 8-OH-DPAT-stimulated oxytocin, ACTH and corticosterone, but not prolactin secretion.

    Aleksandra Vicentic;Qian Li;George Battaglia;Louis D Van de Kar

  • Neurochemical, endocrine and immunological responses to stress in young and old Fischer 344 male rats.

    Stanley A. Lorens;Norio Hata;Robert J. Handa;Louis D. Van de Kar

  • Estrogen desensitizes 5-HT1A receptors and reduces levels of Gz, Gi1 and Gi3 proteins in the hypothalamus

    Danı́ K Raap;Lydia DonCarlos;Francisca Garcia;Nancy A Muma

  • Evidence That 5-HT2A Receptors in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Mediate Neuroendocrine Responses to (−)DOI

    Yahong Zhang;Katerina J. Damjanoska;Gonzalo A. Carrasco;Bertalan Dudas

  • Neuropharmacological characterization of serotoninergic stimulation of vasopressin secretion in conscious rats.

    Mark S. Brownfield;Janice Greathouse;Stanley A. Lorens;Joel Armstrong

  • Serotonergic regulation of renin and prolactin secretion.

    Louis D. Van de Kar;Peter A. Rittenhouse;Qian Li;Andrew D. Levy

  • Desensitization of 5-HT1A receptors by 5-HT2A receptors in neuroendocrine neurons in vivo.

    Yahong Zhang;Thackery S. Gray;Deborah N. D'Souza;Gonzalo A. Carrasco

  • Pharmacological studies on the serotoninergic and nonserotonin-mediated stimulation of prolactin and corticosterone secretion by fenfluramine. Effects of pretreatment with fluoxetine, indalpine, PCPA, and L-tryptophan.

    Louis D. Van de Kar;Janice H. Urban;Kathy D. Richardson;Cynthia L. Bethea

  • Monoaminergic Regulation of Neuroendocrine Function and Its Modification by Cocaine

    Andrew D. Levy;Michael H. Baumann;Louis D. Van de Kar

  • Endocrine and receptor pharmacology of serotonergic anxiolytics, antipsychotics and antidepressants

    Andrew D. Levy;Louis D. Van de Kar

  • Effect of selective serotonin (5-HT) agonists and 5-HT2 antagonist on prolactin secretion

    L.D. Van de Kar;S.A. Lorens;Janice H. Urban;Cynthia L. Bethea

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Newman
Michael E. Newman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thackery S. Gray
Thackery S. Gray Loyola University Chicago
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
F. Gerard Moeller
F. Gerard Moeller Virginia Commonwealth University
Donald M. Dougherty
Donald M. Dougherty The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Emil F. Coccaro
Emil F. Coccaro The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Royce Lee
Royce Lee University of Chicago
Joseph Weidenfeld
Joseph Weidenfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shaul Feldman
Shaul Feldman Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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