Tonic and phasic alteration in amygdala 5-HT, glutamate and GABA transmission after prefrontal cortex damage in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1005, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 154-163

  Gonzalez, Luis E ^a   Quiñonez, Belkis ^a   Rangel, Alejandra ^a   Pino, Silvano ^a   Hernandez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

5 HT; Amygdala; Anxiety; GABA; Glutamate; Motivation and emotion; Neural basis of behavior; Prefrontal cortex; Serine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SERINE; SEROTONIN;

ADAPTATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEAR; FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CATS; FEAR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642384436     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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