The periaqueductal gray and its potential role in maternal behavior inhibition in response to predatory threats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-233

  Sukikara, Marcia Harumi ^a   Mota Ortiz, Sandra Regina ^a,b   Baldo, Marcus Vinícius ^a   Felicio, Luciano Freitas ^a   Canteras, Newton Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Cat odor; Defensive behavior; Maternal behavior; Periaqueductal gray; Predatory threat

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THREAT; UPREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77649236727     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.01.048     Document Type: Article

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