Single-prolonged stress induces apoptosis in the amygdala in a rat model of post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Ding, Jinlan ^a   Han, Fang ^a   Shi, Yuxiu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Flow cytometry; Post traumatic stress disorder; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72149120859     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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