Stress-induced enhancement of mouse amygdalar synaptic plasticity depends on glucocorticoid and ß-Adrenergic activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Sarabdjitsingh, Ratna Angela ^a   Kofink, Daniel ^a   Karst, Henk ^a   de Kloet, E Ron ^b   Joëls, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864998130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042143     Document Type: Article

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