Distinct patterns of plasticity in prefrontal cortex neurons that encode slow and fast responses to stress

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1702-1710

  Jackson, Mark E ^a,b   Moghaddam, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Electrophysiology; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748908964     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05054.x     Document Type: Article

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