5-HT2- and D1-mechanisms of the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala enhance conditioned fear and impair unconditioned fear

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-108

  Macedo, Carlos Eduardo ^a,b   Martinez, Raquel Chacon Ruiz ^a,b   Albrechet Souza, Lucas ^a,b   Molina, Victor Alejandro ^c   Brandão, Marcus Lira ^a,b  

^a Faculdade Filosofia   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Neurociencias and Comportamento INeC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

5 HT; Basolateral amygdala; Conditioned fear; Dopamine; Inferior colliculus; Unconditioned fear

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; KETANSERIN; MUSCIMOL; SEMICARBAZIDE; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEAR; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; KETANSERIN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 33845992552     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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