Dorsal premammillary nucleus differentially modulates defensive behaviors induced by different threat stimuli in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-148

  Blanchard, D Caroline ^a,b   Li, Chun I ^c   Hubbard, David ^c   Markham, Chris M ^c   Yang, Mu ^c   Takahashi, Lorey K ^c   Blanchard, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat exposure; Cat odor; Defensive behavior; Dorsal premammillary nucleus; Elevated plus maze; Emotion; Freezing; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FREEZING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038433221     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00415-4     Document Type: Article

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