Chronically elevated corticosterone in the amygdala increases corticotropin releasing factor mRNA in the dorsolateral bed nucleus of stria terminalis following duress

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Shepard, Jack D ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b,c,d   Myers, Dean A ^e  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nuclei of stria terminalis (BNST); Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748679133     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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