Environmental enrichment reduces anxiety by differentially activating serotonergic and neuropeptide y (NPY)-ergic system in Indian field mouse (Mus booduga): An animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder

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Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Varman, Durairaj Ragu ^a   Rajan, Koilmani Emmanuvel ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y1 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; HISTONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; MUS BOODUGA; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RATTUS RATTUS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; UPREGULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84957851347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127945     Document Type: Article

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