The role of glucocorticoid receptor-dependent activity in the amygdala central nucleus and reversibility of early-life stress programmed behavior

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages e542-

  Arnett, M G ^a,b   Pan, M S ^a   Doak, W ^a   Cyr, P E P ^c   Muglia, L M ^a   Muglia, L J ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELEVATED ZERO MAZE TEST; FEAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEARING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; SOCIABILITY LIKE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STARTLE REFLEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; LENTIVIRINAE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RISK-TAKING; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927157954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2015.35     Document Type: Article

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