Role of the amygdala in the coordination of behavioral, neuroendocrine, and prefrontal cortical monoamine responses to psychological stress in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4787-4798

  Goldstein, Lee E ^a   Rasmusson, Ann M ^a   Bunney, B Steve ^a   Roth, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; corticosterone; dopamine; freezing; norepinephrine; nucleus accumbens; post traumatic stress disorder; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia; serotonin; ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; EXCITOTOXIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029999315     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-15-04787.1996     Document Type: Article

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