Single prolonged stress enhances hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor and phosphorylated protein kinase B levels

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-137

  Eagle, Andrew L ^a   Knox, Dayan ^b,c   Roberts, Megan M ^a   Mulo, Kostika ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^b,c   Galloway, Matthew P ^a   Perrine, Shane A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Anxiety; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Single prolonged stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHORYLATED PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SINGLE PROLONGED STRESS; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84875381028     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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