The effects of temporary inactivation of the core and the shell subregions of the nucleus accumbens on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex and activity in rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 683-696

  Pothuizen, Helen H J ^a   Jongen Rêlo, Ana L ^a,b   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumbens; GABAA receptor; Locomotor activity; Microinfusion; Sensorimotor gating; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNULA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPLANTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 15444378193     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300643     Document Type: Article

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