Sex-dependent and differential responses to acute restraint stress of corticotropin-releasing factor-producing neurons in the rat paraventricular nucleus, central amygdala, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-192

  Sterrenburg, Linda ^a   Gaszner, Balázs ^b   Boerrigter, Jeroen ^a   Santbergen, Lennart ^a   Bramini, Mattia ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Peeters, Bernard W M M ^a   Kozicz, Tamás ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

C Fos; Central amygdala; Epigenetics; FosB; Fusiform bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 81255185487     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22737     Document Type: Article

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