Opioid-dependent effects of inescapable shock on escape behavior and conditioned fear responding are mediated by the dorsal raphe nucleus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-167

  Grahn, Ruth E ^a   Maswood, Sharmin ^a   McQueen, Matthew B ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Inescapable shock; Learned helplessness; Opiates; Periaquaductal gray area; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HELPLESSNESS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SHOCK; STRESS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032914539     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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