Effects of stress and corticosterone on activity and plasticity in the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1580-1587

  Kavushansky, Alexandra ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticosterone; Elevated platform stress; LTP

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750603197     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21058     Document Type: Article

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