TMT predator odor activated neural circuit in C57BL/6J mice indicates TMT-stress as a suitable model for uncontrollable intense stress

Brain Research

Volumn 1599, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Janitzky, K ^a,b   D'Hanis, W ^a   Krober A ^a   Schwegler, H ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BNST; Fos ir; Locus coeruleus; Predator odor; PTSD; Trimethylthiazoline

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHYL 3 THIAZOLINE; PROTEIN FOS; 2,5-DIHYDRO-2,4,5-TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PROTEIN C FOS; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; STIMULATION;

MUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ODORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84923323507     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.12.030     Document Type: Article

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