Severe, multimodal stress exposure induces PTSD-like characteristics in a mouse model of single prolonged stress

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 303, Issue , 2016, Pages 228-237

  Perrine, Shane A ^a   Eagle, Andrew L ^a   George, Sophie A ^c   Mulo, Kostika ^a   Kohler, Robert J ^a   Gerard, Justin ^a   Harutyunyan, Arman ^a   Hool, Steven M ^a,b   Susick, Laura L ^a,b   Schneider, Brandy L ^a,b   Ghoddoussi, Farhad ^a   Galloway, Matthew P ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^b,c   Conti, Alana C ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Glucocorticoid; Glutamate; Mice; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Single prolonged stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PAROXETINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRESS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAROXETINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84958280061     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.01.056     Document Type: Article

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