Learned stressor resistance requires extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Christianson, John P ^a,b   Flyer Adams, Johanna G ^a   Drugan, Robert C ^c   Amat, Jose ^a   Daut, Rachel A ^a   Foilb, Allison R ^b   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

ERK; Learned helplessness; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Resilience

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; S6 KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL IMMUNIZATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84907677276     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00348     Document Type: Article

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