Increased nitric oxide-mediated neurotransmission in the medial prefrontal cortex is associated with the long lasting anxiogenic-like effect of predator exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 391-397

  Campos, Alline Cristina ^a,b   Piorino, Erick Moraes ^a   Ferreira, Frederico Rogério ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Hippocampus; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predator stress; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR EXPOSURE; PREDATOR STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALOID COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ODORS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84884125051     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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