Selective involvement of GABAergic mechanisms of the dorsal periaqueductal gray and inferior colliculus on the memory of the contextual fear as assessed by the fear potentiated startle test

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-550

  Reimer, Adriano E ^a,b   Oliveira, Amanda R ^a,b   Brandão, Marcus L ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Neurociencias and Comportamento INeC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dorsal periaqueductal gray; Fear conditioning; GABA; Inferior colliculus; Muscimol; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEAR; FREEZING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCIMOL; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 46349087617     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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