Metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 receptors modulate fear-conditioning induced enhancement of prepulse inhibition in rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 476-486

  Zou, Dan ^a   Huang, Juan ^a   Wu, Xihong ^a   Li, Liang ^a,b  

^a National Key Laboratory on Machine Perception   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Emotional learning; Fear conditioning; Gap detection; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING; FOOTSHOCK; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOUND INTENSITY; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846307715     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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