Potential output pathways for agonistic-like responses resulting from the GABAA blockade of the torus semicircularis dorsalis in weakly electric fish, Gymnotus carapo

Brain Research

Volumn 1092, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Teixeira Duarte, Terence ^a   Hoffmann, Anette ^a   de Souza Fim Pereira, Aparecida ^a   Aparecida Lopes Corrêa, Sônia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Electric fish; Pacemaker nucleus; Reticular formation; Torus semicircularis dorsalis; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DEXTRAN AMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN STEM; CANNULA; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GYMNOTUS CARAPO; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; TORUS SEMICIRCULARIS DORSALIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOTIN; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; DEXTRANS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GYMNOTIFORMES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION;

GYMNOTUS CARAPO;

EID: 33745168592     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.082     Document Type: Article

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