Dorsal periaqueductal gray stimulation facilitates anxiety-, but not panic-related, defensive responses in rats tested in the elevated T-maze

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1025-1030

  Camplesi, M ^a   de Bortoli, V C ^b   de Paula Soares, V ^c   Nogueira, R L ^d   Zangrossi, H ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^d ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dorsal periaqueductal gray stimulation; Elevated T maze; Panic disorder, anxiety

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PANIC DISORDER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84867565314     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500124     Document Type: Article

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