Blockade of NMDA receptors and nitric oxide synthesis in the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray attenuates behavioral and cellular responses of rats exposed to a live predator

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2418-2429

  Aguiar, Daniele Cristina ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat exposure; Defensive behavior; Glutamate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2-AMINO-7-PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGININE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) PROPYLARGININE; N(OMEGA)-PROPYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349243813     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22082     Document Type: Article

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