Extracellular serotonin level in the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala and dorsal periaqueductal gray under unconditioned and conditioned fear states: An in vivo microdialysis study

Brain Research

Volumn 1294, Issue , 2009, Pages 106-115

  Zanoveli, Janaina M ^a,b   Carvalho, Milene C ^a,b   Cunha, Joice M ^a,b   Brandão, Marcus L ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Neurociencias and Comportamento INeC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basolateral nucleus of the amygdala; Conditioned fear; Dorsal periaqueductal gray; Microdialysis; Serotonin; Unconditioned fear

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEMICARBAZIDE; SEROTONIN;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEAR; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMICARBAZIDES; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70049111181     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.074     Document Type: Article

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