FMRI fingerprint of unconditioned fear-like behavior in rats exposed to trimethylthiazoline

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-230

  Keßler, Melanie S ^a   Debilly, Sébastien ^a   Schöppenthau, Stephanie ^a   Bielser, Thomas ^a   Bruns, Andreas ^a   Künnecke, Basil ^a   Von Kienlin, Markus ^a   Wettstein, Joseph G ^a   Moreau, Jean Luc ^a   Risterucci, Céline ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Imaging; Neuronal network; Predator odor; TMT

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FECES; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FOX; FREEZING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ODOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; ODORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84856551276     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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