Role of the hippocampus, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and the amygdala in the excitatory effect of corticotropin-releasing hormone on the acoustic startle reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6434-6446

  Lee, Younglim ^a   Davis, Michael ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST); Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); Fear; Hippocampus; Startle

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ACOUSTICS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030747950     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06434.1997     Document Type: Article

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