Effects of microinjections of neurotoxin AvTx8, isolated from the social wasp Agelaia vicina (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) venom, on GABAergic nigrotectal pathways

Brain Research

Volumn 1031, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-81

  De Oliveira, Luciana ^a   Cunha, Alexandra Olimpio Siqueira ^a   Mortari, Márcia Renata ^a   Pizzo, Andréa Baldocchi ^b   Miranda, Antonio ^c   Coimbra, Norberto Cysne ^a   Dos Santos, Wagner Ferreira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sch Philos Sci Lit Ribeirao P   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid mediated mechanisms; GABA A receptor; GABA B receptor; GABAergic striato nigro tectal pathways; Substantia nigra; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTOXIN; WASP VENOM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; JUMPING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RUNNING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WASP;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 11144316884     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.10.027     Document Type: Article

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