Hyper-responsivity to stress in rats is associated with a large increase in amygdala volume. A 7T MRI study

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 828-835

  Bourgin, J ^a,b,c   Cachia, A ^a,c,d   Boumezbeur, F ^e   Djemai B ^f   Bottlaender, M ^f   Duchesnay, E ^g   Meriaux S ^e   Jay, T M ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Administrateur de l Institut universitaire de France   (France)

^e NeuroSpin   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

^g Institut des Sciences du Vivant Frédéric Joliot   (France)

Author keywords

Cortico limbic network; High resolution structural MRI; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; EX VIVO STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FISCHER 344 RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930272465     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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