Strain differences in anxiety-like behavior: Association with corticotropin-releasing factor

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-245

  Shepard, Jack D ^a   Myers, Dean A ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Elevated plus maze; Fear; Strain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FISCHER 344 RAT; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36248974177     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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