Panic-prone state induced in rats with GABA dysfunction in the dorsomedial hypothalamus is mediated by NMDA receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 7093-7104

  Johnson, Philip L ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Circumventricular; GABA; GAD; Glutamate; Glutamate decarboxylase; Hypotension; Hypothalamus; Immunoreactivity; Lactate; Panic; Subfornical

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALLYLGLYCINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; LACTATE SODIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN C FOS; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INFUSION PUMP; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALLYLGLYCINE; ANIMALS; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFUSION PUMPS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PANIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33745949221     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0408-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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