Basal midbrain modulation of tonic immobility in the toad Bufo paracnemis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-303

  Gargaglioni, Luciane H ^a   Pereira, Aparecida S F ^a   Hoffmann, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defensive behavior; Electrolytic and neurotoxic lesions; Interpeduncular nucleus; Midbrain tegmentum; Thermal nociception; Toad (Bufo paracnemis); Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT PLATE TEST; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEGMENTUM; TOAD; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

BUFO PARACNEMIS;

EID: 0035085243     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00433-9     Document Type: Article

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