Immediate increase in benzodiazepine binding in rat brain after a single brief experience in the plus maze: A paradoxical effect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  Chacur, Christiane ^a   Raymond, Roger ^b   Hipólide, Débora C ^a   Giugliano, Eric B ^a   Leite, José R ^a   Nobrega, José N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

3H flunitrazepam; 3H muscimol; Anxiety; GABA(A) benzodiazepine receptor; One trial tolerance

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033516594     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00425-5     Document Type: Article

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