Effects of defeat stress on behavioral flexibility in males and females: Modulation by the mu-opioid receptor

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 434-441

  Laredo, Sarah A ^a   Steinman, Michael Q ^a   Robles, Cindee F ^a   Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Ragen, Benjamin J ^a,b   Trainor, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Orbitofrontal cortex; Peromyscus californicus; Sex differences; Social defeat

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEFEAT STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS CALIFORNICUS; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PEROMYSCUS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922777046     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12824     Document Type: Article

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