Juvenile stress-induced alteration of maturation of the GABAA receptor α subunit in the rat

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 891-903

  Jacobson Pick, Shlomit ^a   Elkobi, Alina ^a   Vander, Shelly ^a   Rosenblum, Kobi ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Amygdala; GABAAR; Hippocampus; Juvenile stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BROTIZOLAM; DIAZEPAM; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIPPOCAMPUS; JUVENILE STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AZEPINES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAZEPAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 53049085676     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145708008559     Document Type: Article

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