The role of the ventral dentate gyrus in anxiety-based behaviors

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-149

  Weeden, Christy S S ^a   Roberts, Jared M ^a   Kamm, Allison M ^a   Kesner, Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dorsoventral axis; Hippocampus; Ventral dentate gyrus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; VENTRAL DENTATE GYRUS; ANIMAL; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84921482175     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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