Enhanced excitability in the infralimbic cortex produces anxiety-like behaviors

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-156

  Bi, Lin Lin ^a   Wang, Jue ^a   Luo, Zheng Yi ^a   Chen, Shan Ping ^a   Geng, Fei ^a   Chen, Yi Hua ^a   Li, Shu Ji ^a   Yuan, Chun Hua ^a   Lin, Song ^a   Gao, Tian Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Anxiety like behavior; Excitatory postsynaptic currents; GABA receptor; Infralimbic cortex; Inhibitory postsynaptic currents

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 84884157783     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.048     Document Type: Article

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