Medial amygdala lesions differentially influence stress responsivity and sensorimotor gating in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-401

  Vinkers, Christiaan H ^a   Bijlsma, Elisabeth Y ^a   Houtepen, Lotte C ^a   Westphal, Koen G C ^a   Veening, Jan G ^a,b   Groenink, Lucianne ^a   Olivier, Berend ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autonomic nervous system; Body temperature; Novel cage; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74249099541     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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