Expression of c-Fos in response to stressogenic stimuli in the amygdala of old vs. young rats - A preliminary study

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Boguszewski, Paweł ^a   Zagrodzka, Jolanta ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age related; Aging; Amygdala; Anxiety; c Fos; Rats

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 21044451944     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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