Enkephalin knockdown in the central amygdala nucleus reduces unconditioned fear and anxiety

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1357-1367

  Poulin, Jean François ^a   Bérubé, Patrick ^a   Laforest, Sylvie ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enkephalin; Opioid; Rat; RNA interference; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEAR; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ENKEPHALINS; FEAR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84876343000     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12134     Document Type: Article

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