Anxiety-related behavior and densities of glutamate, GABAA, acetylcholine and serotonin receptors in the amygdala of seven inbred mouse strains

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Yilmazer Hanke, Deniz M ^a   Roskoden, Thomas ^a   Zilles, Karl ^b,c   Schwegler, Herbert ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA; Elevated plus maze; Fear potentiated startle; Kainate; NMDA; Receptor autoradiography; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HEREDITY; INBRED STRAIN; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0141645539     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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