Excitatory amino acid receptors in the basolateral amygdala regulate anxiety responses in the social interaction test

Brain Research

Volumn 764, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 262-264

  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

Aminobutyric acid (GABA); Animal model; Blood pressure; Glutamate; Heart rate; N Methyl D aspartate (NMDA); Non NMDA; Panic; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HEART RATE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0030828446     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00594-5     Document Type: Article

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