Lack of effects of clomipramine on Fos and NADPH-diaphorase double-staining in the periaqueductal gray after exposure to an innate fear stimulus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-321

  Moreira, Fabrício A ^a   Guimarães, Francisco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clomipramine; Fear; Nitric oxide; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN FOS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 43549107492     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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