Dorsomedial hypothalamic GABA dysfunction produces physiological arousal following sodium lactate infusions

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Shekhar, A ^a   Keim, S R ^a   Simon, J R ^a   McBride, W J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzet pumps; Anxiety; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Lactate infusion; Panic disorder; Social interaction elevated plus maze

Indexed keywords

ALLYLGLYCINE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ALLYLGLYCINE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEART RATE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PANIC DISORDER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030272351     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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