Neuroanatomical characterization of Fos induction in rat behavioral models of anxiety

Brain Research

Volumn 713, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Duncan, Gary E ^a,b   Knapp, Darin J ^a   Breese, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; animal model; anxiety; Fos; hypothalamus; lateral septum; limbic cortex; medial prefrontal cortex; stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0029868295     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01486-1     Document Type: Article

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