Age-dependent sensitivity to glucocorticoids in the developing mouse basolateral nucleus of the amygdala

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-77

  Koppensteiner, Peter ^a,b,c   Aizawa, Shu ^a   Yamada, Daisuke ^a,c   Kabuta, Tomohiro ^a   Boehm, Stefan ^b   Wada, Keiji ^a,c   Sekiguchi, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Corticosterone; Fear extinction; Neuronal excitability; Postnatal development; Stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CORTICOSTERONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEAR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84901443386     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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