The Dorsolateral Periaqueductal Gray and Its Role in Mediating Fear Learning to Life Threatening Events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Kincheski, Grasielle C ^a   Mota Ortiz, Sandra R ^b   Pavesi, Eloisa ^a   Canteras, Newton S ^c   Carobrez, Antônio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PROJECTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY FEAR CONDITIONING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEAR; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; ODORS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SMELL;

EID: 84870316194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050361     Document Type: Article

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