Cooperative regulation of anxiety and panic-related defensive behaviors in the rat periaqueductal grey matter by 5-HT1A and μ-receptors

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1141-1148

  Roncon, Camila M ^a,b   Biesdorf, Carla ^a   Coimbra, Norberto C ^b   Audi, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Zangrossi, Hélio ^b   Graeff, Frederico G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptor; elevated T maze; endogenous opioid peptides; periaqueductal grey matter; Serotonin; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NALOXONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN CREATININE SULFATE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEURONS; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 84887838832     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881113485144     Document Type: Article

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