GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors differentially regulate synaptic transmission in the auditory thalamo-amygdala pathway: An in vivo microiontophoretic study and a model

Synapse

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Li, Xing Fang ^a   Armony, Jorge L ^a   Ledoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bicuculline; Emotion; GABA(A); GABA(B); Memory; Neural network; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; PHACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACLOFEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE TRACT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030256881     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199610)24:2<115::AID-SYN3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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