Stress affects theta activity in limbic networks and impairs novelty-induced exploration and familiarization

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Jacinto, Luis R ^a,b   Reis, Joana S ^a,b   Dias, Nuno S ^a,b,c   Cerqueira, João J ^a,b   Correia, José H ^b   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Local field potentials; Pre frontal cortex; Stress; Ventral hippocampus

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARIZATION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

EID: 84886310508     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00127     Document Type: Article

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