Excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists block the cardiovascular and anxiety responses elicited by γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor blockade in the basolateral amygdala of rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 969-977

  Sajdyk, T J ^a   Shekhar, A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TACHYCARDIA;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; BICUCULLINE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

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