Glucocorticoids are required for extinction of predator stress-induced hyperarousal

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Clay, Rachel ^a   Hebert, Mark ^a   Gill, Greg ^a   Stapleton, Lesley Ann ^a   Pridham, Allison ^a   Coady, Meaghan ^a   Bishop, Jillian ^a   Adamec, Robert E ^a   Blundell, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behaviour; Corticosterone; Extinction; Glucocorticoids; Metyrapone; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predator stress; Startle

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERAROUSAL; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDATOR STRESS; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY GATING;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CATS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; METYRAPONE; MICE; ODORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960846401     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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