Role of noradrenergic projections to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to fear-related stimuli in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 788, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 287-293

  Onaka, Tatsushi ^a   Yagi, Kinji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; Footshocks; Norepinephrine; Oxytocin; The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 AMINO 2,4 DIHYDRO ALPHA METHYLPHENYLETHYLAMINE; ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FACILITATION; FEAR; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTOXINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYTOCIN; PHENETHYLAMINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032579836     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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