Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor antagonist infused into the locus coeruleus attenuates immobilization stress-induced defensive withdrawal in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Smagin, Gennady N ^a   Harris, Ruth B S ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic system; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR[9-41]; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030596047     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13254-7     Document Type: Article

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