Lateralized amygdala activation: Importance in the regulation of anxiety and pain behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-375

  Tran, Lee ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Lateralization; Somatic pain; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISCERAL PAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CHOLESTEROL; COLON; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 80053175875     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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