Analysis of freezing behavior and ultrasonic vocalization in response to foot-shocks, ultrasound signals and GABAergic inhibition in the inferior colliculus: Effects of muscimol and midazolam

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Nobre, Manoel Jorge ^a   Brandão, Marcus Lira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Freezing; Inferior colliculus; Midazolam; Muscimol; Semicarbazide; Ultrasound signals

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMOHYDRAZIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCIMOL; SEMICARBAZIDE; SEMICARBAZIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0344255594     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(03)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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