Antagonizing corticotropin-releasing factor in the central nucleus of the amygdala attenuates fear-induced reductions in sleep but not freezing

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1539-1549

  Liu, Xianling ^a   Wellman, Laurie L ^a   Yang, Linghui ^a   Ambrozewicz, Marta A ^a   Tang, Xiangdong ^a   Sanford, Larry D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Contextual fear; Corticotropin releasing factor; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTEXTUAL FEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEAR; FREEZING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 80655125030     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1394     Document Type: Article

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