The cholinergic stimulation of the central amygdala modifying the tonic immobility response and antinociception in guinea pigs depends on the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 167-178

  Leite Panissi, Christie Ramos Andrade ^a   Coimbra, Norberto Cysne ^a   Menescal De Oliveira, Leda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Central amygdala; Guinea pig; Tonic immobility; Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; FAST BLUE; LIDOCAINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GUINEA PIG; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MODULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME PERCEPTION; TONIC IMMOBILITY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0242515768     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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