The basolateral amygdala determines the effects of fear memory on sleep in an animal model of PTSD

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1555-1565

  Wellman, Laurie L ^a   Fitzpatrick, Mairen E ^a   Machida, Mayumi ^a   Sanford, Larry D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Fear conditioning; Muscimol; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WISTAR RAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEMORY; MICROINJECTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84900344545     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3850-z     Document Type: Article

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