Evidence for a role of inhibition of orexinergic neurons in the anxiolytic and sedative effects of diazepam: A c-Fos study

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Panhelainen, Anne E ^a   Korpi, Esa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; c Fos; Diazepam; Dopamine; Orexin; Sedation

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; OREXIN A; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; STRESS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

MUS;

EID: 84855775061     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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