Escapable and inescapable stress differentially and selectively alter extracellular levels of 5-HT in the ventral hippocampus and dorsal periaqueductal gray of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 797, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-22

  Amat, Jose ^a   Matus Amat, Patricia ^b   Watkins, Linda R ^c   Maier, Steven F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HIAA; 5 HT; Hippocampus; In vivo microdialysis; Inescapable shock; Learned helplessness; Periaqueductal gray; Stressor controllability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SHOCK; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STRESS;

EID: 0032557958     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00368-0     Document Type: Article

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