Enhancement of anxiety and modulation of TH and pERK expressions in amygdala by repeated injections of corticosterone

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 418-424

  Lim, Heena ^a   Jang, Soyong ^a   Lee, Yeonju ^a   Moon, Sohyeon ^a   Kim, Jieun ^a   Oh, Seikwan ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Stress; TH

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84865161674     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: 20054483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2012.20.4.418     Document Type: Article

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