Exposure to predator odor and resulting anxiety enhances the expression of the α2δ subunit of voltage-sensitive calcium channels in the amygdala

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 649-656

  Nasca, Carla ^a   Orlando, Rosamaria ^a   Marchiafava, Moreno ^a   Boldrini, Paolo ^a   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^b   Scaccianoce, Sergio ^a   Matrisciano, Francesco ^a,c   Pittaluga, Anna ^d   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 1 subunit; amygdala; innate anxiety; TMT; voltage sensitive calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PREGABALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA 1 SUBUNIT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FOXES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; UP-REGULATION;

MUS; RODENTIA; VULPES;

EID: 84878020082     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07895.x     Document Type: Article

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