The amygdala mediates the anxiolytic-like effect of the neurosteroid allopregnanolone in rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Akwa, Yvette ^a,b,c   Purdy, Robert H ^a,b   Koob, George F ^a,b   Britton, Karen T ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Amygdala; Anxiety; Conflict test; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Neurosteroid; Plus maze; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANOLONE; PREGNENOLONE; PUNISHMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032731191     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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