Social stress engages neurochemically-distinct afferents to the rat locus coeruleus depending on coping strategy

eNeuro

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Reyes, Beverly A S ^a   Zitnik, Gerard ^b   Foster, Celia ^a   van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a   Valentino, Rita J ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Corticotropin releasing factor; Enkephalin; Fluorogold; Locus coeruleus; Resident intruder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENKEPHALIN; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENKEPHALINS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85013217149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23732822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0042-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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