5-hydroxytryptamine 2C receptors in the dorsal striatum mediate stress-induced interference with negatively reinforced instrumental escape behavior

Neuroscience

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 132-144

  Strong, P V ^a   Christianson, J P ^a   Loughridge, A B ^a   Amat, J ^a   Maier, S F ^a   Fleshner, M ^a   Greenwood, B N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Instrumental learning; Learned helplessness; Serotonin; Uncontrollable stress

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 5 METHYL 1 [[2 [(2 METHYL 3 PYRIDYL)OXY] 5 PYRIDYL]CARBAMOYL]INDOLINE; CP 809101; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSAL STRIATUM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEAR; IN VIVO MICRODIALYSIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; STRESS; TAIL SHOCK STRESS; UNCONTROLLABLE STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 82855175129     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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