Strain differences in stress responsivity are associated with divergent amygdala gene expression and glutamate-mediated neuronal excitability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5357-5367

  Mozhui, Khyobeni ^a   Karlsson, Rose Marie ^b   Kash, Thomas L ^c   Ihne, Jessica ^b   Norcross, Maxine ^b   Patel, Sachin ^c   Farrell, Mollee R ^d   Hill, Elizabeth E ^d   Graybeal, Carolyn ^b   Martin, Kathryn P ^b   Camp, Marguerite ^b   Fitzgerald, Paul J ^b   Ciobanu, Daniel C ^e   Sprengel, Rolf ^f   Mishina, Masayoshi ^g   Wellman, Cara L ^d   Winder, Danny G ^c   Williams, Robert W ^a   Holmes, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPRESSION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77951008812     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5017-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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