Lesions in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis disrupt corticosterone and freezing responses elicited by a contextual but not by a specific cue-conditioned fear stimulus

Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-14

  Sullivan, G M ^a   Apergis, J ^b   Bush, D E A ^b   Johnson, L R ^b   Hou, M ^b   Ledoux, J E ^b  

^a 1051 Riverside Dr U #41 New Y ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; glucocorticoids; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; lesion; Pavlovian

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYSIS; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 4344612021     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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