Anxiolytic effect of a CRH receptor antagonist in the dorsal periaqueductal gray

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-101

  Apfeldorf, William J ^a,d   Spielman, Lisa A ^a   Cloitre, Marylene ^a   Heckelman, Leora ^b   Katherine Shear, M ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Corticotropin releasing hormone; CRH; CRH antagonist; Dorsal periaqueductal gray; Elevated plus maze

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR[9-41];

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAZE TEST; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033752761     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6394(2000)12:2<99::aid-da6>3.0.co;2-q     Document Type: Article

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