BNST Plays a Role in Stress and Anxiety (IMAGE)

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

BNST Plays a Role in Stress and Anxiety

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The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) plays an important role in the regulation of defensive behaviors like fear and anxiety. The image, taken from a female rat brain, reveals a variety of neuronal populations intermingling in the oval nucleus of the of the BNST, including neurons expressing tyrosine phosphatase STEP (blue) and protein kinase C delta (pink). BNST neurons express oxytocin receptors, but their function is not well understood.

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Rosalind Franklin University/Dabrowska Lab/Rachyl Shanker

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