Effects of serotonergic terminal lesion in the amygdala on conditioned fear and innate fear in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 696, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Izumi, Takeshi ^a   Ohmura, Yu ^a   Futami, Yukino ^a   Matsuzaki, Hirokazu ^b   Kubo, Yasunori ^c   Yoshida, Takayuki ^a   Yoshioka, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

5,7 dihydroxytryptamine (5,7 DHT); 5 hydroxytryptamine (5 HT); Amygdala; Anxiety; Fear

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DESIPRAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEAR; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 84869090842     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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