Temporary inactivation of the rostral perirhinal cortex induces an anxiolytic-like effect on the elevated plus-maze and on the yohimbine-enhanced startle response

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-173

  Schulz Klaus, Brigitte ^a   Fendt, Markus ^a   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; GABAA agonist; Muscimol; Noradrenaline; Rat; Unconditioned fear; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 23744432474     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.04.022     Document Type: Article

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