Blockade of NMDA or NO in the dorsal premammillary nucleus attenuates defensive behaviors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 279-283

  Aguiar, Daniele Cristina ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defensive behavior; Dorsal premammillary nucleus and cat exposure; Glutamate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) PROPYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL PREMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; FEAR; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952725010     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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