Compartmentation of alpha 1 and alpha 2 GABAA receptor subunits within rat extended amygdala: Implications for benzodiazepine action

Brain Research

Volumn 964, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Kaufmann, Walter A ^a   Humpel, Christian ^b   Alheid, George F ^c   Marksteiner, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basal forebrain; Benzodiazepine; Gamma aminobutyric acid A receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Secretoneurin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SECRETOGRANIN II; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037458519     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04082-9     Document Type: Article

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