Effects on anxiety and memory of systemic and intra-amygdala injection of 5-ht3 receptor antagonist brl 46470A

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 189-195

  Gargiulo, P A ^a   Viana, M B ^b   Graeff, F G ^b   De Souza Silva, M A ^b,c   Tomaz, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Elevated T maze; Memory; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR; RICASETRON; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INDOLES; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0030003364     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119276     Document Type: Article

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