Chronic corticosterone abolished the diurnal variance of TPH2 protein expression.
Chronic corticosterone sensitized in vivo TPH2 activity towards acoustic startle.
Local CRHR1 blockade potentiated stress-induced TPH2 activity increases in the DR.
Local CRHR2 blockade prevented stress-induced TPH2 activity increases in the DR.
TPH2 activity in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus predicted startle response.