Circadian modulation of anxiety: a role for somatostatin in the amygdala.

Pharmacological evidence suggests that the neuropeptide somatostatin (SST) exerts anxiolytic action via the amygdala, but findings concerning the putative role of endogenous SST in the regulation of emotional responses are contradictory. We hypothesized that an endogenous regulation of SST expressio...

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Main Authors: Anne Albrecht, Marlen Thiere, Jorge Ricardo Bergado-Acosta, Janine Poranzke, Bettina Müller, Oliver Stork
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3869835?pdf=render