GABAergic antagonist blocks the reduction of tonic immobility behavior induced by activation of 5-HT2 receptors in the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala in guinea pigs

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 358-364

  Donatti, Alberto Ferreira ^a   Leite Panissi, Christie Ramos Andrade ^a,b  

^a Psychobiology Post graduation Program   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; GABAergic serotoninergic interaction; Open field; Unconditioned fear

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEAR; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67449143196     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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