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Sex differences in delta opioid receptor immunoreactivity in rat medial amygdalaMarlene A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, Building 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neurosci Lett 328:160-4. 2002..Although the functional significance of this sexually dimorphic staining for DORir in medial amygdala is unknown, it may contribute to sex differences in reproductive functions, social behaviors, and/or stress responses...- Overexpression of neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala decreases ethanol self-administration in "anxious" ratsStefany D Primeaux
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:791-801. 2006..The current experiment investigated the predictive role of anxiety-like behaviors in ethanol self-administration and the relationship of NPY in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) with anxiety and ethanol self-administration... - Influence of gender and brain region on neurosteroid modulation of GABA responses in ratsM A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
Life Sci 60:1679-91. 1997.... 
The role of amygdalar mu-opioid receptors in anxiety-related responses in two rat modelsMarlene A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2957-68. 2008....- Anxiolytic effects of diazepam and ethanol in two behavioral models: comparison of males and femalesMarlene A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Building 1, D26 Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 78:445-58. 2004..These results suggest a dissociation between the anxiety-reducing influences of these compounds and the changes in stress-related endocrine responses... - Effect of amygdalar opioids on the anxiolytic properties of ethanolMarlene A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 985:472-5. 2003 - Effects of chronic benzodiazepine exposure on stress-induced neuroactive steroid levelsM A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Bldg 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 824:136-9. 1999..Chronic diazepam exposure diminished stress-induced brain levels of 3alpha,5alpha-THP and serum corticosterone, although gender, gonadectomy and hormone replacement had disparate influences on these two endocrine responses to stress... - The role of delta opioid receptors in the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepinesStefany D Primeaux
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Bldg 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 85:545-54. 2006..c.), had no effect on the anxiolytic effect of diazepam alone. These data support a role for delta opioid receptors in the opioid-enhanced anxiolytic effects of diazepam... - Microinjection of naltrexone into the central, but not the basolateral, amygdala blocks the anxiolytic effects of diazepam in the plus mazePaul R Burghardt
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:1227-40. 2006..Further, opioid receptor systems in the CeA and BLA do not regulate the anxiolytic properties of ethanol in this test... - Effects of altered amygdalar neuropeptide Y expression on anxiety-related behaviorsStefany D Primeaux
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:1589-97. 2005..Rats receiving BIBP 3226 exhibited increased anxiety-related behaviors in this test. The results of these experiments provide further support for the role of amygdalar NPY in anxiety-related behaviors... - Perinatal ethanol exposure alters met-enkephalin levels of male and female ratsJoaquin N Lugo
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 28:238-44. 2006..These changes in met-enkephalin levels may explain how early ethanol exposure affects opioid-regulated behaviors such as social play, sexual behavior, and other social behaviors... - Obesity/hyperleptinemic phenotype impairs structural and functional plasticity in the rat hippocampusClaudia A Grillo
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6439 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Physiol Behav 105:138-44. 2011..We will discuss these findings in the context of how hyperleptinemia and hypertriglyceridemia may represent mechanistic mediators of the neurological consequences of impaired hippocampal synaptic plasticity in obesity... 
Downregulation of hypothalamic insulin receptor expression elicits depressive-like behaviors in ratsClaudia A Grillo
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6439 Garner s Ferry Road, D40, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
Behav Brain Res 222:230-5. 2011..Collectively, these data support the hypothesis for an increased risk for mood disorders in obesity, which may be related to decreased expression of hippocampal and amygdalar BDNF...- Comparison of the activation of somatostatin- and neuropeptide Y-containing neuronal populations of the rat amygdala following two different anxiogenic stressorsRyan K Butler
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Exp Neurol 238:52-63. 2012..These studies further elucidate the fundamental neurocircuitry of anxiety and could possibly explain the differential behavioral effects of predator versus novelty-induced stress... - The effects of chronic treadmill and wheel running on behavior in ratsPaul R Burghardt
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Building 1 Room D26, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 1019:84-96. 2004..The behavioral adaptations found after 4 and 8 weeks of wheel running were not due solely to enriched environment and appear to be indicative of enhanced defensive behavior... - Alterations in fear conditioning and amygdalar activation following chronic wheel running in ratsPaul R Burghardt
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 84:306-12. 2006..These data demonstrate the ability of chronic physical activity to alter contextual fear conditioning and implicate the amygdala as a potential site of plasticity underlying this phenomenon... - Herpes virus-mediated preproenkephalin gene transfer in the ventral striatum mimics behavioral changes produced by olfactory bulbectomy in ratsStefany D Primeaux
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 988:43-55. 2003..The results indicate that overexpression of the preproENK gene in the ventral striatum may mediate the 'agitation-like' behavior exhibited by bulbectomized rats... - Hippocampal neurotransmitter efflux during one-trial novel object recognition in ratsEmily M Stanley
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neurosci Lett 511:38-42. 2012..These data suggest that the hippocampus, and in particular, hippocampal glutamate, may be involved in memory processes during novelty recognition paradigms... - Ethanol exposure during development reduces resident aggression and testosterone in ratsJoaquin N Lugo
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Physiol Behav 87:330-7. 2006..In summary, ethanol exposure over the combined prenatal and postnatal periods reduces aggressive behavior in a condition where aggressive behavior is normally seen. This reduction may be related to lower testosterone levels... - Differential release of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the amygdala during different types of stressorsGregory A Hand
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 1300 Wheat St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 949:122-30. 2002..No increase is observed during the running period between placement on the treadmill and intense exertion. Overall, the data suggest that amygdala CRH release is regulated differently during treadmill running and restraint...