GPR30 activation decreases anxiety in the open field test but not in the elevated plus maze test in female mice

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Anchan, Divya ^a   Clark, Sara ^b   Pollard, Kevin ^a   Vasudevan, Nandini ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; ERK; G 1; Open field; Rapid estrogen signaling

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 1-(4-(6-BROMOBENZO(1,3)DIOXOL-5-YL)-3A,4,5,9B-TETRAHYDRO-3H-CYCLOPENTA(C)QUINOLIN-8-YL)ETHANONE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPR30 PROTEIN, MOUSE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLOPENTANES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; QUINOLINES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84893452474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.197     Document Type: Article

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