TMT-induced autonomic and behavioral changes and the neural basis of its processing

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1145-1156

  Fendt, Markus ^a   Endres, Thomas ^a   Lowry, Catherine A ^b   Apfelbach, Raimund ^a   McGregor, Iain S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; C fos; Cat odor; Defensive behavior; Electrophysiology; Fox odor; Freezing; Innate fear; Lesions; Neuropharmacology; Predator odor; Trimethylthiazoline

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 21344455795     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.04.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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