Stimulation of nicotinic receptors in the lateral septal nucleus increases anxiety

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3957-3962

  Ouagazzal, Abdel Mouttalib ^a,b   Kenny, Paul J ^a   File, Sandra E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Lateral septum; Nicotinic receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MECAMYLAMINE; MICROINJECTIONS; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032701199     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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