Effects of microinjections of the neuropeptide substance P in the dorsal periaqueductal gray on the behaviour of rats in the plus-maze test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1183-1186

  Aguiar, Maria Socorro ^a   Brandão, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dorsal periaqueductal gray; Elevated plus maze; Semicarbazide; Substance P

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; SEMICARBAZIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030272419     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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