Amygdala - Drug effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cannabinoid receptor activation in the basolateral amygdala blocks the effects of stress on the conditioning and extinction of inhibitory avoidance.

7 Sep 2009 Despite the efficacy of behavior therapy for human anxiety disorders, extinction-like treatments require repeated cue exposures and are vulnerable to reversal by a number of environmental factors, particularly stress. The endocannabinoid system has ... Read more...

Differential effects of lorazepam on sleep and activity in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ strain mice.

30 Aug 2009 Compared to C57BL/6 mice, BALB/c mice exhibit greater 'anxiousness' on behavioural tests of anxiety, and can show significantly longer sleep disruptions after exposure to anxiogenic situations. Relative to C57BL/6 mice, BALB/c mice also have reduced ... Read more...

Basolateral amygdala involvement in memory reconsolidation processes that facilitate drug context-induced cocaine seeking.

25 Aug 2009 Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of putative memory stabilization processes that maintain context-response-cocaine associations in long-term memory and underlie contextual control over addictive behavior is of great interest from an ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amygdala - Drug effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cannabinoid receptor activation in the basolateral amygdala blocks the effects of stress on the conditioning and extinction of inhibitory avoidance. 7 Sep 2009
• Differential effects of lorazepam on sleep and activity in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ strain mice. 30 Aug 2009
• Basolateral amygdala involvement in memory reconsolidation processes that facilitate drug context-induced cocaine seeking. 25 Aug 2009
• Effects of corticosterone and the beta-agonist isoproterenol on glutamate receptor-mediated synaptic currents in the rat basolateral amygdala. 25 Aug 2009
• Simultaneous but not independent anisomycin infusions in insular cortex and amygdala hinder stabilization of taste memory when updated. 23 Aug 2009
• MeCP2 function in the basolateral amygdala in Rett syndrome. 10 Aug 2009
• Distribution of D1 and D5 dopamine receptors in the primate and rat basolateral amygdala. 6 Aug 2009
• L-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels mediate expression of presynaptic LTP in amygdala. 31 Jul 2009
• Behavioral characterization of amygdala involvement in mediating intra-accumbens opioid-driven feeding behavior. 30 Jul 2009
• Disruption of neuroendocrine stress responses to acute ferret odor by medial, but not central amygdala lesions in rats. 13 Jul 2009
• GABAergic antagonism of the central nucleus of the amygdala attenuates reductions in rapid eye movement sleep after inescapable footshock stress. 29 Jun 2009
• "Green odor" inhalation by rats down-regulates stress-induced increases in Fos expression in stress-related forebrain regions. 25 Jun 2009
• DHPG activation of group 1 mGluRs in BLA enhances fear conditioning. 22 Jun 2009
• Cholinergic stimulation enhances neural activity associated with encoding but reduces neural activity associated with retrieval in humans. 22 Jun 2009
• A rodent model of schizophrenia derived from postmortem studies. 15 Jun 2009
• Effects of cervical vagus nerve stimulation on amygdala-evoked responses of the medial prefrontal cortex neurons in rat. 9 Jun 2009
• The central nucleus of the amygdala and corticotropin-releasing factor: insights into contextual fear memory. Jun 2009
• Effect of a single dose of citalopram on amygdala response to emotional faces. 30 May 2009
• Attenuation of amygdala atrophy with lamotrigine in patients receiving corticosteroid therapy. 30 May 2009
• Positive correlation between the density of neuropeptide y positive neurons in the amygdala and parameters of self-reported anxiety and depression in mesiotemporal lobe epilepsy patients. 29 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Amygdala'

Definition: Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, within the temporal lobe. The amygdala is part of the limbic system.

Descriptor UI: D000679

Alternative terms: Amygdala; Amygdaloid Body; Amygdaloid Bodies;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A08.186.211.464.090; A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152;

History Note: 2000(1966)