Prior electrical stimulation of dorsal periaqueductal grey matter or deep layers of the superior colliculus sensitizes rats to anxiety-like behaviors in the elevated T-maze test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-181

  de Almeida, Leandro Pinto ^a   Ramos, Patrício Lemos ^a   Pandossio, José Eduardo ^b   Landeira Fernandez, Jesus ^a,c   Zangrossi Jr , Hélio ^d   Nogueira, Regina Lúcia ^a  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behavior; Aversion; Deep grey layer of the superior colliculus; Electrical stimulation; Elevated T maze; Periaqueductal grey matter; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646510275     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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