Functional mapping of the periaqueductal gray matter involved in organizing tonic immobility behavior in guinea pigs

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Vieira, Eveline Bis ^a   Menescal de Oliveira, Leda ^a   Leite Panissi, Christie Ramos Andrade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C fos; Defensive behavior; Guinea pigs; Periaqueductal gray matter; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIENCEPHALON; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; GUINEA PIGS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 78149411052     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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