Effects of infusion of corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist into the locus coeruleus on freezing behavior and brain catecholamines in rats

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Świergiel, Artur H ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor antagonist; Freezing behavior; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenaline; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEAR; FREEZING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037237781     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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