Opioidergic, GABAergic and serotonergic neurotransmission in the dorsal raphe nucleus modulates tonic immobility in guinea pigs

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Ferreira, Mateus Dalbem ^a   Menescal de Oliveira, Leda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defensive behavior; Dorsal raphe nucleus; GABAergic system; Opioidergic system; Serotonin; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA METHYLSEROTONIN; BICUCULLINE; ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR; MORPHINE SULFATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84856603815     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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