A functional subset of serotonergic neurons in the rat ventrolateral periaqueductal gray implicated in the inhibition of sympathoexcitation and panic

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1018, Issue , 2004, Pages 58-64

  Johnson, Philip L ^a   Lightman, Stafford L ^a   Lowry, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 HT1A; 5 hydroxytryptamine; Adrenaline; Anxiety; Epinephrine; Fear; RVLM

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 3242725844     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1296.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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