Gabaergic mechanisms of hypothalamic nuclei in the expression of conditioned fear

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 560-568

  Santos, Julia M ^a   Macedo, Carlos E ^a   Brandão, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamus; Dorsal premammillary nucleus; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Fear potentiated startle; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRAIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MUSCIMOL; SEMICARBAZIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEAR; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMICARBAZIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARTLE REACTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 51349154111     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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