Opposing roles for medial and central amygdala in the initiation of noradrenergic cell responses to a psychological stressor

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1712-1718

  Dayas, C V ^a   Day, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

A1 cells; A2 cells; Amygdala; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036460156     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2001.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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