Norepinephrine and corticosterone in the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus predict PTSD-like symptoms in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1139-1148

  Kao, C Y ^a,b   Stalla, G ^a   Stalla, J ^a   Wotjak, C T ^a   Anderzhanova, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

PTSD; Animal model; Corticosterone; Forebrain; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

ACOUSTIC STARTLE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTEXTUAL FEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; C57BL MOUSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFLEX, STARTLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84928755788     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12860     Document Type: Article

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