GABAA ρ receptor mechanisms in the rat amygdala and its role in the modulation of fear and anxiety

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-484

  Flores Gracia, Candy ^a   Nuche Bricaire, Avril ^a   Crespo Ramírez, Minerva ^a   Miledi, Ricardo ^b   Fuxe, Kjell ^c   De La Mora, Miguel Pérez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Corticosterone; Elevated plus maze; GABA receptors; GABA C receptors; Intercalated paracapsular islands

Indexed keywords

(1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIDINE 4 YL)METHYLPHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR RHO; BICUCULLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES;

EID: 78651298484     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1973-x     Document Type: Article

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