The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critical for anxiety-related behavior evoked by CO2 and acidosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 10247-10255

  Taugher, Rebecca J ^a,b   Lu, Yuan ^b   Wang, Yimo ^b   Kreple, Collin J ^a,b   Ghobbeh, Ali ^b   Fan, Rong ^b   Sowers, Levi P ^b   Wemmie, John A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ASIC1A; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Panic; pH

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ASIC1A; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CO2; PANIC; PH;

ACID SENSING ION CHANNELS; ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROLYSIS; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84905044440     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1680-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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