Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) in the central nucleus of amygdala potentiates behavioral and hormonal responses of the rat exposed to its predator

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Upadhya, Manoj A ^a   Kokare, Dadasaheb M ^a   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^b  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cat; Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript peptide (CART); Plasma cortisol levels; Predator fear; Social interaction test

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEAR; HABITUATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CATS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873867613     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.058     Document Type: Article

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