A microdialysis study of the noradrenergic response in rat frontal cortex and hypothalamus to a conditioned cue for aversive, naturalistic environmental stimuli

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-208

  McQuade, R ^a   Stanford, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioning; Frontal cortex; Hypothalamus; Microdialysis; Noradrenaline; Shuttle box

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033965241     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050043     Document Type: Article

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