Long lasting effects of predator stress on pCREB expression in brain regions involved in fearful and anxious behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-133

  Adamec, Robert ^a   Hebert, Mark ^a   Blundell, Jacqueline ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Neuroplasticity; PAG; PCREB; PTSD; Supramammillary nucleus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPRAMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953107352     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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