Different patterns of freezing behavior organized in the periaqueductal gray of rats: Association with different types of anxiety

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Brandão, Marcus L ^a   Zanoveli, Janaína M ^a   Ruiz Martinez, Raquel C ^a   Oliveira, Luciana C ^a   Landeira Fernandez, Jesus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal models of anxiety; Freezing behavior; Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic attacks; Panic disorder with agoraphobia; Panic disorder without agoraphobia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLSEROTONIN; FLUOXETINE; KETANSERIN; MIDAZOLAM; SEROTONIN;

AGORAPHOBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVERSION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREEZING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PANIC DISORDER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 38749119449     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.10.018     Document Type: Review

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