Differential effects of CRH infusion into the central nucleus of the amygdala in the Roman high-avoidance and low-avoidance rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-274

  Wiersma, A ^a,b   Konsman, J P ^a   Knollema, S ^a   Bohus, B ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Central amygdaloid nucleus; Corticotropin releasing hormone; CRH mRNA; FOS; Heart rate; RHA RLA rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEAR; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0031876829     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00098-X     Document Type: Article

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