Ability of predator odour exposure to elicit conditioned versus sensitised post traumatic stress disorder-like behaviours, and forebrain δFosB expression, in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 733-742

  Mackenzie, L ^a   Nalivaiko, E ^a   Beig, M I ^a   Day, T A ^a   Walker, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; Fear; FosB; Predator odor; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DELTA FOSB;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77954624098     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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