Decreased social interactions in monkeys after unilateral blockade of GABAA receptors in the basolateral amygdala

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 985, Issue , 2003, Pages 540-541

  Malkova, Ludise ^a,b   Barrow, Kenita V ^a   Lower, Laurie L ^a   Gale, Karen ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; GABAA receptors; Monkey; Receptor blockade; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037279446     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07122.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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