Stress-induced alterations in anxiety-like behavior and adaptations in plasticity in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Conrad, Kelly L ^a   Louderback, Katherine M ^a   Gessner, Caitlin P ^a   Winder, Danny G ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Corticosterone; Housing; Isolation; Plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATED ZERO MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HOUSING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958786543     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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