Differential activation of the periaqueductal gray by mild anxiogenic stress at different stages of the estrous cycle in female rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1174-1185

  Devall, Adam J ^a   Lovick, Thelma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety induced hyperalgesia; C fos; Estrous cycle; Female rats; Periaqueductal gray matter; Tail flick reflex

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNTAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77949541406     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.222     Document Type: Article

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