Increased basolateral amygdala pyramidal cell excitability may contribute to the anxiogenic phenotype induced by chronic early-life stress

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 9730-9740

  Rau, Andrew R ^a,b   Chappell, Ann M ^a   Butler, Tracy R ^c   Ariwodola, Olusegun J ^a   Weiner, Jeff L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

1 EBIO; AHP; Anxiety; Basolateral amygdala; Intrinsic excitability; Stress

Indexed keywords

1 ETHYL 2 BENZIMIDAZOLINONE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; APAMIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GRAMICIDIN; PICROTOXIN; 1-ETHYL-2-BENZIMIDAZOLINONE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; GERMINAL CENTER KINASES; KCNN3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXSANGUINATION; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ETIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG EVANS RAT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84936156638     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0384-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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