Activation of GABAA receptors in the amygdala blocks the acquisition and expression of conditioned defeat in Syrian hamsters

Brain Research

Volumn 920, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 142-150

  Jasnow, Aaron M ^a   Huhman, Kim L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Anxiety; Fear; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; Social defeat; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; PAIN; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035976597     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03054-2     Document Type: Article

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