A centrally acting, anxiolytic angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonist prevents the isolation stress-induced decrease in cortical CRF 1 receptor and benzodiazepine binding

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1123-1134

  Saavedra, Juan M ^a   Armando, Ines ^a   Bregonzio, Claudia ^a   Juorio, Augusto ^a   Macova, Miroslava ^a   Pavel, Jaroslav ^a   Sanchez Lemus, Enrique ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin receptor types; Anxiety; GABAA complex; Isolation; Locus coeruleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CANDESARTAN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RATS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; TETRAZOLES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33745664016     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300921     Document Type: Article

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