Disruption of GABAergic tone in the dorsomedial hypothalamus attenuates responses in a subset of serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus following lactate-induced panic

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 642-652

  Johnson, P L ^a   Lowry, C A ^b   Truitt, W ^a   Shekhar, A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; Anxiety; Autonomic; c Fos; Panic; Periaqueductal gray; Raphe; Serotonin; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ALLYLGLYCINE; LACTATE SODIUM; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ALLYLGLYCINE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; PANIC DISORDER; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SODIUM LACTATE;

EID: 50249183558     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881107082900     Document Type: Article

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