Stress shifts the response of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to an anxiogenic mode

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3396-3406

  Ventura Silva, Ana P ^a,b   Pêgo, José M ^a,b   Sousa, João C ^a,b   Marques, Ana R ^a,b   Rodrigues, Ana J ^a,b   Marques, Fernanda ^a,b   Cerqueira, João J ^a,b   Almeida, Osborne F X ^c   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Microdissection; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869884316     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08262.x     Document Type: Article

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