Noradrenaline transmission within the ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critical for fear behavior induced by trimethylthiazoline, a component of fox odor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 5998-6004

  Fendt, Markus ^a   Siegl, Stephanie ^a   Steiniger Brach, Björn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Behavior; Clonidine; Freezing; Noradrenaline; Predator; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOX; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ODOR; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; FOXES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; ODORS; RABBITS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIAZOLES;

EID: 21344466508     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1028-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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