Monoamines in the dorsomedial hypothalamus of rats following exposure to different tests of 'anxiety'

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-209

  Sajdyk, Tammy J ^a   Katner, Jason S ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dopamine; elevated plus maze; fear potentiated startle; norepinephrine; serotonin; social interaction; stress; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEAR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; DOPAMINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030904108     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(96)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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