Role of nitric oxide in the periaqueductal gray in defensive behavior in mice: Influence of prior local N- methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation and aversive condition

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nunes de Souza, Ricardo Luiz ^a,b,c   Miguel, Tarciso Tadeu ^a,c   Gomes, Karina Santos ^b,c   Fugimoto, Juliana Sayuri ^c   Mendes Gomes, Joyce ^b,c   Amaral, Vanessa Cristiane Santana ^a,c   de carvalho Netto, Eduardo Ferreira ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze (EPM); Mouse; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); NMDA receptors; Periaqueductal gray matter (PAG); Rat exposure test (RET)

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) PROPYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATION;

EID: 77954557029     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2010.1.007     Document Type: Article

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