The influence of CRF and α-helical CRF(9-41) on rat fear responses, c-Fos and CRF expression, and concentration of amino acids in brain structures

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-612

  Skórzewska, Anna ^a   Bidziński, Andrzej ^a   Hamed, Adam ^b   Lehner, Małgorzata ^a   Turzyńska, Danuta ^a   Sobolewska, Alicja ^a   Maciejak, Piotr ^a,b   Szyndler, Janusz ^b   Wisłowska Stanek, Aleksandra ^b   Płaźnik, Adam ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

helical CRF(9 41); Brain structures; c Fos; Conditioned fear; CRF; GABA; Rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR[9-41]; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; PROTEIN C FOS; TAURINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEAR; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54149088423     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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