Lateralized effects of medial prefrontal cortex lesions on neuroendocrine and autonomic stress responses in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2834-2840

  Sullivan, Ron M ^a   Gratton, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Clinical depression; Corticosterone; Dopamine; HPA axis; Ibotenic acid; Prefrontal cortex; Stress ulcers

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS ULCER;

EID: 0033118566     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-07-02834.1999     Document Type: Article

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