Predator stress-induced crf release causes enduring sensitization of basolateral amygdala norepinephrine systems that promote ptsd-like startle abnormalities

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 14270-14285

  Rajbhandari, Abha K ^b   Baldo, Brian A ^a,b   Bakshi, Vaishali P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Noradrenergic; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ISOPRENALINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; YOHIMBINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HYPEREKPLEXIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR STRESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY GATING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FERRET; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FERRETS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; REFLEX, STARTLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944931083     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5080-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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