Corticotropin‐releasing factor infusion into nucleus incertus suppresses medial prefrontal cortical activity and hippocampo‐medial prefrontal cortical long‐term potentiation
Farooq U, Rajkumar R, Sukumaran S, Wu Y, Tan W, Dawe G. Corticotropin‐releasing factor infusion into nucleus incertus suppresses medial prefrontal cortical activity and hippocampo‐medial prefrontal cortical long‐term potentiation. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 38: 2516-2525. PMID: 23668693, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrain StemCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneHippocampusInfusions, ParenteralLong-Term PotentiationMaleNeural InhibitionNeural PathwaysNeuronsPrefrontal CortexRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexCognitive processesMedial prefrontal cortical activityPrefrontal cortical activityCorticotropin-releasing factor infusionFear memoryCRF infusionPrefrontal cortexCortical activityCortical pathwaysElectrophysiological manipulationsLong-term potentiationMemoryPrelimbic areaNucleus incertusNeuronal firingCorticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptorFactor type 1 receptorCortical long-term potentiationBrain stem nucleiSpontaneous neuronal firingType 1 receptorHigh-frequency stimulationStressful conditionsStem nuclei