Noradrenergic α-2 agonists have anxiolytic-like actions on stress-related behavior and mesoprefrontal dopamine biochemistry

Brain Research

Volumn 1027, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Morrow, Bret A ^a   George, Tony P ^a   Roth, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Conditioned fear; Guanfacine; Norepinephrine; Prelimbic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; GUANFACINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEDATION; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONIDINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINE; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; GUANFACINE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 5644286647     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.057     Document Type: Article

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