The ventral hippocampus and the lateral septum work in tandem to regulate rats' open-arm exploration in the elevated plus-maze

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Trent, Natalie L ^a   Menard, Janet L ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Defensive behaviour; Lateral septum; Septohippocampus; Ventral hippocampus

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LONG EVANS RAT; MICROINJECTION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 77953958240     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.035     Document Type: Article

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