Decreased experimental anxiety and voluntary ethanol consumption in rats following central but not basolateral amygdala lesions

Brain Research

Volumn 760, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 94-101

  Möller, Christian ^a   Wiklund, Lisa ^a   Sommer, Wolfgang ^a   Thorsell, Annika ^a   Heilig, Markus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Amygdala; Anxiety; Emotionality; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IBOTENIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FLUID INTAKE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0343488556     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00308-9     Document Type: Article

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