Medial amygdaloid suppression of predatory attack behavior in the cat: II. Role of a GABAergic pathway from the medial to the lateral hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 716, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 72-83

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

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bicuculline; cat; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; medial amygdala; muscimol; predatory attack behavior

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0029949530     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01587-6     Document Type: Article

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