Investigation of the hypothalamic defensive system in the mouse

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Martinez, Raquel C R ^a   Carvalho Netto, Eduardo F ^a   Amaral, Vanessa C S ^b,c   Nunes de Souza, Ricardo L ^b   Canteras, Newton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamic nucleus; Defensive behaviors; Dorsal premammillary nucleus; Mouse; RET; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDATOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 46249118603     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.03.042     Document Type: Article

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