The medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulates stress-induced c-fos expression in the forebrain depending on type of stressor

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2357-2364

  Figueiredo, Helmer F ^a   Bruestle, Amy ^a   Bodie, Bryan ^a   Dolgas, Charles M ^a   Herman, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Ether stress; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenocortical axis; Medial amygdaloid nucleus; Paraventricular nucleus; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLAUSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ENDOPIRIFORM NUCLEUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTERONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IBOTENIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242352820     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02932.x     Document Type: Article

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