Differential behavioral profile induced by the injection of dipotassium chlorazepate within brain areas that project to the nucleus accumbens septi

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 566-578

  López, Luis H Llano ^a,b   Caif, Fernando ^a,b   Fraile, Miriam ^a,b   Tinnirello, Belén ^a,b   De Gargiulo, Adriana I Landa ^a,b   Lafuente, José V ^c   Baiardi, Gustavo C ^d   Gargiulo, Pascual A ^a,b  

^a Argentine National Council of Scientific and Technological Research ^*  (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Facultad de Ciencias Medicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; GABA; Medial prefrontal cortex; Nucleus accumbens septi; Plus maze; Schizophrenia; Ventral hippocampus

Indexed keywords

CLORAZEPATE DIPOTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLORAZEPATE DIPOTASSIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS;

EID: 84884496369     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(13)71034-x     Document Type: Article

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