Effect of estradiol benzoate microinjection into the median raphe nucleus on contextual conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Andrade, Telma G C S ^a   Avanzi, Viviane ^a   Graeff, Frederico G ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptor; Anxiety; Contextual conditioning; Estradiol; Median raphe nucleus; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CATHETERIZATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67849101633     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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