Abstract
Studies have demonstrated the participation of urocortin 1 (Ucn1) during the adaptation to stressful stimuli. This hypothesis was first raised by the research group of Majzoub (Weninger et al., 2000) and Kozicz (Kozicz et al., 2001), which report that acute pain by containment can mobilize Ucn 1 neurons and additionally lead to increased expression of its mRNA. Subsequent studies have rev…