Dynamics of immediate early gene and neuropeptide gene response to prolonged immobilization stress: Evidence against a critical role of the termination of exposure to the stressor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 905-914

  Trnečková, Lenka ^b   Rotllant, David ^a   Klenerová, Věra ^b   Hynie, Sixtus ^b   Armario, Antonio ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity regulated cytoskeleton associated protein; c fos; CRF; Immobilization; Poststress dynamics; Prolonged stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846834149     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04278.x     Document Type: Article

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