Immediate early gene and neuropeptide expression following exposure to the predator odor 2,5-dihydro-2,4,5-trimethylthiazoline (TMT)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-93

  Asok, Arun ^a   Ayers, Luke W ^a   Awoyemi, Bisola ^a,c   Schulkin, Jay ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crh; Egr 1; Immediate early genes; Innate fear; Predator odor; TMT

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHYL 3 THIAZOLINE; BUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN C FOS; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 1 GENE; FEAR; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEAR; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84877138824     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.047     Document Type: Article

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