Activation of GABAA receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex produces an anxiolytic-like response

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-226

  Solati, Jalal ^a   Hajikhani, Ramin ^a   Golub, Yulia ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety; GABA; medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; KETAMINE; MUSCIMOL; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; STEREOTAXIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 84881417125     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acn.12016     Document Type: Article

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