The basolateral amygdala regulates adaptation to stress via β-adrenergic receptor-mediated reductions in phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase

Neuroscience

Volumn 178, Issue , 2011, Pages 108-122

  Grissom, N M ^a,b,c   Bhatnagar, S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; ERK; Habituation; HPA; Norepinephrine; Stress

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLENBUTEROL; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITUATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CLENBUTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; MALE; NITRILES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952006096     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.049     Document Type: Article

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