Enhanced noradrenergic activity in the amygdala contributes to hyperarousal in an animal model of PTSD

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Ronzoni, Giacomo ^a   del Arco, Alberto ^a,b   Mora, Francisco ^a   Segovia, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Clenbuterol; Hyperarousal; Noradrenaline; Propranolol; PTSD

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLENBUTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERAROUSAL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INESCAPABLE FOOT SHOCK; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; WISTAR RAT; YOUNG ADULT; ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CLENBUTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84964494522     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.04.018     Document Type: Article

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