Biochemical parameters of dopaminergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in the CNS of Roman high-avoidance and Roman low-avoidance rats

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-536

  Corda, Maria G ^a   Lecca, Daniele ^a   Piras, Giovanna ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a   Giorgi, Osvaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

36Cl uptake; 35S TBPS binding; Brain microdialysis; Dopamine; GABA(A) receptor; Pentylenetetrazol; Prefrontal cortex; Roman high avoidance and low avoidance rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; DOPAMINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TERT BUTYLBICYCLOPHOSPHOROTHIOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EMOTIONALITY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; ROMAN;

EID: 0031414789     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021452814574     Document Type: Article

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