Pervasive alterations of emotional and neuroendocrine responses to an acute stressor after neonatal amygdala lesions in rhesus monkeys

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1021-1035

  Raper, Jessica ^a   Wilson, Mark ^a,b   Sanchez, Mar ^a,b   Machado, Christopher J ^c   Bachevalier, Jocelyne ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Development; Emotion; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANCY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; THREAT; VOCALIZATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IBOTENIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877925554     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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