Swim stress activates serotonergic and nonserotonergic neurons in specific subdivisions of the rat dorsal raphe nucleus in a temperature-dependent manner

Neuroscience

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 251-268

  Kelly, K J ^a   Donner, N C ^a   Hale, M W ^b   Lowry, C A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C Fos; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Lateral parabrachial nucleus; Raphe pallidus; Serotonin; Spinoparabrachial

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINOPARABRACHIAL PATHWAY; STRESS; SWIM STRESS; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 82855172082     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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