Elevated pCREB in the PAG after exposure to the elevated plus maze in rats previously exposed to a cat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-295

  Blundell, Jacqueline ^a   Adamec, Robert ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Elevated plus maze; PAG; pCREB; Predator stress; PTSD; Stress sensitization

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CATS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751016071     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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