6-Hydroxydopamine lesion in thalamic reticular nucleus reduces anxiety behaviour in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Picazo, Ofir ^a   Chuc Meza, Eliezer ^a   Anaya Martinez, Veronica ^b   Jimenez, Ismael ^c   Aceves, Jorge ^c   Garcia Ramirez, Martha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Anxiety; Dopamine; Motor activity; Thalamic reticular nucleus

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CELL COUNT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 58149345989     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.08.047     Document Type: Article

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