Oxytocin enhances the inhibitory effects of diazepam in the rat central medial amygdala

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-68

  Viviani, D ^a   Terrettaz, T ^a   Magara, F ^a   Stoop, R ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Diazepam; Electrophysiology; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DIAZEPAM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 71549173707     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.06.039     Document Type: Article

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