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

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 89-95

  Van De Kar, Louis D ^a   Piechowski, Rashel A ^a   Rittenhouse, Peter A ^a   Gray, T S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Central amygdaloid nucleus; Conditioned emotional response; Pituitary; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; RENIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RENIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0025862220     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000125856     Document Type: Article

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