Post-weaning social isolation attenuates c-Fos expression in GABAergic interneurons in the basolateral amygdala of adult female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 719-725

  Lukkes, Jodi L ^a   Burke, Andrew R ^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; FG 7142; Immunohistochemistry; Isolation rearing; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT ANIMAL; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REARING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING;

EID: 84870714498     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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