Basolateral amygdala and the regulation of fear-conditioned changes in sleep: Role of corticotropin-releasing factor

Sleep

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-480

  Wellman, Laurie L ^a   Yang, Linghui ^a   Ambrozewicz, Marta A ^a   Machida, Mayumi ^a   Sanford, Larry D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; Fear conditioning; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CANNULA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEAR; HABITUATION; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SHOCK; SLEEP;

AMYGDALA; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR; FEAR CONDITIONING; SLEEP;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MEMORY; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84875731057     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2526     Document Type: Article

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