Differential contribution of hypothalamic MAPK activity to anxiety-like behaviour in virgin and lactating rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jurek, Benjamin ^a   Slattery, David A ^a   Maloumby, Rodrigue ^a   Hillerer, Katharina ^a   Koszinowski, Sophie ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a   van den Burg, Erwin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84861214062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037060     Document Type: Article

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