Biochemical and behavioral anxiolytic-like effects of R(+)HA-966 at the level of the ventral tegmental area in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Morrow, Bret A ^a   Elsworth, John D ^a   Zito, Christopher ^a   Roth, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; DOPAC; Dopamine; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032915655     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050941     Document Type: Article

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