Mineralocorticoid receptors in control of emotional arousal and fear memory

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Brinks, V ^a   Berger, S ^b   Gass, P ^c   de Kloet, E R ^a   Oitzl, M S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear conditioning; Forebrain; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Stress; Unconditioned behavior

Indexed keywords

MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CATALEPSY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; GENE INACTIVATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CUES; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651092116     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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