Exposure to high- and low-light conditions in an open-field test of anxiety increases c-Fos expression in specific subdivisions of the rat basolateral amygdaloid complex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 174-182

  Hale, Matthew W ^a   Bouwknecht, J Adriaan ^a   Spiga, Francesca ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^b   Lowry, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basolateral amygdala; Open field; Predictability; Stress; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; DARKNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33750966762     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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