Chlordiazepoxide discriminates between the neural circuits mediating neuroendocrine responses to fear- and anxiety-producing stimuli in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-158

  Yagi, Kinji ^a   Onaka, Tatsushi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acth; Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Chlordiazepoxide; Fear; Novelty stress; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030068969     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)00988-4     Document Type: Article

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