Fear state induced by ethanol withdrawal may be due to the sensitization of the neural substrates of aversion in the dPAG

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 200-208

  Cabral, A ^a,b   Isoardi, N ^a,b   Salum, C ^a,b   Macedo, C E ^a,b   Nobre, M J ^a,b   Molina, V A ^a,b   Brandao M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Escape; Ethanol withdrawal; Freezing; Startle, dorsal periaqueductal gray; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FLUID INTAKE; FREEZING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SOUND; STARTLE REFLEX; VOCALIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ETHANOL; FEAR; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33746045988     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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