Alterations in Extracellular Levels of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in the Rat Basolateral Amygdala and Periaqueductal Gray During Conditioned Fear, Persistent Pain and Fear-Conditioned Analgesia

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1088-1098

  Rea, Kieran ^a   Lang, Yvonne ^a   Finn, David P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

amygdala; fear; Gamma aminobutyric acid; microdialysis; pain; periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; NIPECOTIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; VOCALIZATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349472929     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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