Dissecting the role of diazepam-sensitive γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors in defensive behavioral reactivity to mild threat

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-549

  Koester, Christina ^a   Rudolph, Uwe ^b   Haenggi, Tatjana ^a   Papilloud, Aurélie ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a   Crestani, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid type A receptor; Anxiety; Diazepam; Gabra2; Mutant mice

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIAZEPAM; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

MUS;

EID: 84868523829     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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