Fear induced neuronal alterations in a genetic model of depression: An fMRI study on awake animals

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 489, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 74-78

  Huang, Wei ^a   Heffernan, Meghan E ^a   Li, Zhixin ^b   Zhang, Nanyin ^a   Overstreet, David H ^c   King, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Fear; FMRI

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC MODEL; INSULA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; RATS; THIAZOLES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 78651448659     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.11.069     Document Type: Article

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