Effect of environmental enrichment on fearful behavior and gastrin-releasing peptide receptor expression in the amygdala of prenatal stressed rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3011-3017

  Qian, Jing ^a   Zhou, Dong ^a   Pan, Fang ^b   Liu, Chun Xi ^a   Wang, Yu Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Behavior; Environmental enrichment; Gastrin releasing peptide receptor; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGHT STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57049157628     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21736     Document Type: Article

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