The interaction of disrupted Type II Neuregulin 1 and chronic adolescent stress on adult anxiety- and fear-related behaviors

Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-42

  Taylor, S B ^a   Taylor, A R ^a   Koenig, J I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Fear conditioning; HPA axis; Neuregulin; Reactivity; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMG; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; CHRONIC VARIABLE STRESS; CON; CONTROL; CORT; CORTICOSTERONE; CVS; EDTA; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; EPM; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; FEAR CONDITIONING; GC; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GR; HPA; HPA AXIS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; KNOCK OUT; KO; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MR; NEUREGULIN; NEUREGULIN 1; NRG1; OPEN-TO-TOTAL RATIO; OTR; REACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TM; TRANSMEMBRANE; WILD TYPE; WT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUREGULIN-1; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84881545490     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.045     Document Type: Article

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