A distinct pattern of intracellular glucocorticoid-related responses is associated with extreme behavioral response to stress in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 759-771

  Kozlovsky, Nitsan ^a   Matar, Michael A ^a   Kaplan, Zeev ^a   Zohar, Joseph ^b   Cohen, Hagit ^a  

^a MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Glucocorticoid receptor; Immediate early gene; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Post traumatic stress disorder; Zif 268

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN ZIF268; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOSOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349515563     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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