Cholinergic activation of the basolateral amygdala regulates unlearned freezing behavior in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 307-315

  Power, Ann E ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cat hair; Fear behavior; Muscarinic; Oxotremorine; Physostigmine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OXOTREMORINE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HAIR; MALE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037151284     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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