Post-weaning social isolation of female rats, anxiety-related behavior, and serotonergic systems

Brain Research

Volumn 1443, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Lukkes, Jodi L ^a   Engelman, Glenn H ^a   Zelin, Naomi S ^a   Hale, Matthew W ^a,b   Lowry, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; c Fos; Dorsal raphe nucleus; FG 7142; Immunohistochemistry; Isolation rearing

Indexed keywords

N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REARING; SENSITIZATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WEANING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOLINES; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84857923253     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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