Dorsal periaqueductal gray matter-evoked panic-like behaviors are markedly inhibited by a low peripheral dose of thyrotropin releasing hormone

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-271

  Siqueira, Carla Coelho ^a   Rossoni, Renzo Roldi ^a   Schenberg, Luiz Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Flight; Freezing; PAG; Rat; Thyroid; TRH

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; JUMPING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 73949157175     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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