Severe reduction of rat defensive behavior to a predator by discrete hypothalamic chemical lesions

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-305

  Canteras, N S ^a   Chiavegatto, S ^a   Ribeiro Do Valle, L E ^a   Swanson, L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral systems; Dorsal premammillary nucleus; Fos; Hypothalamus; Motivation; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATS; DENERVATION; ESCAPE REACTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MOTIVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030796284     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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