Limbic, hypothalamic and periaqueductal gray circuitry and mechanisms controlling rage and vocalization in the cat

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue C, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Siegel, Allan ^a   Bhatt, Suresh ^a   Bhatt, Rekha ^a   Zalcman, Steven S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

affective amygdala; cytokines; defense; defensive rage; enkephalins; glutamate; hissing; hypothalamus; limbic system; midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG); monoamines; prefrontal cortex; septal area; substance P; vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865288333     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374593-4.00024-3     Document Type: Chapter

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