The role of gastrin-releasing peptide on conditioned fear: Differential cortical and amygdaloid responses in the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-296

  Mountney, Christine ^a   Sillberg, Victoria ^a   Kent, Pam ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^b   Merali, Zul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bombesin; Central amygdala; Conditioned emotional response; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Gastrin releasing peptide; Infralimbic cortex; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYLPROPANOYLHISTIDYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLVALYL DEXTRO ALANYLHISTIDYL DEXTRO PROPYLPHENYLALANAMIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEAR; LIMBIC CORTEX; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33751080749     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0585-y     Document Type: Article

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