Allopregnanolone microinjected into the lateral septum or dorsal hippocampus reduces immobility in the forced swim test: Participation of the GABAA receptor

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 614-622

  Rodríguez Landa, Juan Francisco ^a   Contreras, Carlos M ^a,b   García Ríos, Rosa Isela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Antidespair; Antistress; Bicuculline; Forced swim test; GABAA receptor; Hippocampus; Lateral septum; Open field test; Septofimbrial nucleus

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CYCLODEXTRIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; SEPTOFIMBRIAL NUCLEUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 70349683204     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328331b9f2     Document Type: Article

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