Amygdaloid D1 dopamine receptor involvement in Pavlovian fear conditioning

Brain Research

Volumn 827, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 28-40

  Guarraci, Fay A ^a   Frohardt, Russell J ^a   Kapp, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing; Mesoamygdaloid dopaminergic system; SCH 23390; SKF 82958; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 ALLYL 6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SK&F 82958;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TRAINING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LONG EVANS RAT; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZAZEPINES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEAR; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS;

EID: 0033535628     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01291-3     Document Type: Article

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