Medial amygdaloid suppression of predatory attack behavior in the cat: I. Role of a substance P pathway from the medial amygdala to the medial hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 716, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-71

  Han, Yuchun ^a   Shaikh, Majid B ^a   Siegel, Allan ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cat; hypothalamus; medial amygdala; predatory attack behavior; stria terminalis; substance P; substance P (NK1) receptor antagonist CP96,345

Indexed keywords

2 BENZHYDRYL 3 (2 METHOXYBENZYLAMINO) 1 AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; NEUROKININ A; NEUROKININ B; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P ANTAGONIST; SUBSTANCE P DERIVATIVE; SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029886976     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01586-8     Document Type: Article

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