Contribution of amygdala neurons containing peptides and calcium-binding proteins to fear-potentiated startle and exploration-related anxiety in inbred Roman high- and low-avoidance rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1206-1218

  Yilmazer Hanke, Deniz M ^a   Faber Zuschratter, Heidi ^a   Linke, Rüdiger ^a   Schwegler, Herbert ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Corticotropin releasing factor; Elevated plus maze; Neuropeptide Y; Open field; Parvalbumin; Psychogenetic selection; Stereology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARVALBUMIN;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0036455217     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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