5HT-1A receptors and anxiety-like behaviours: Studies in rats with constitutionally upregulated/downregulated serotonin transporter

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-245

  Bordukalo Niksic, Tatjana ^a   Mokrovic, Gordana ^a   Stefulj, Jasminka ^a   Zivin, Marko ^b   Jernej, Branimir ^a   Cicin Sain Lipa, L ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

5HT 1A receptor; 5HTT; Animal model; Anxiety; Serotonin transporter; SERT

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; INBRED RAT STRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77953915171     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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