Glucocorticoid receptors in lateral septum are involved in the modulation of the emotional sequelae induced by social defeat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-332

  Calfa, Gastón ^a   Volosin, Marta ^a   Molina, Victor Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Glucocorticoid receptor; Lateral septum; Social confrontation; Stress

Indexed keywords

15BETA,16BETA METHYLENEMEXRENONE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33746637594     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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