Orienting and defensive behaviors elicited by superior colliculus stimulation in rats: Effects of 5-HT depletion, uptake inhibition, and direct midbrain or frontal cortex application

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-103

  Dringenberg, Hans C ^a   Dennis, Kristopher E B ^a   Tomaszek, Summer ^a   Martin, Jody ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 HT; Behavioral inhibition; Defensive behavior; Fluoxetine; Optic tectum; Orienting; Reverse microdialysis; Serotonin; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICRODIALYSIS; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0042388366     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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