Alterations of GABA(A) receptor subunit mRNA levels associated with increases in punished responding induced by acute alprazolam administration: An in situ hybridization study

Brain Research

Volumn 822, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 8-16

  Liu, Min ^a   Glowa, John R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Alprazolam; Anxiety; Behavior; GABA(A); In situ hybridization; Punishment

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; MESSENGER RNA; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PUNISHMENT; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONDITIONING; DNA PROBE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ALPRAZOLAM; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DNA PROBES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GABA MODULATORS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0033585997     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01205-0     Document Type: Article

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