Temporary inhibition of dorsal or ventral hippocampus by muscimol: Distinct effects on measures of innate anxiety on the elevated plus maze, but similar disruption of contextual fear conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 262, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-56

  Zhang, Wei Ning ^a   Bast, Tobias ^c   Xu, Yan ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a,b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioned fear; Freezing; Hippocampus; Intracerebral infusion; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS;

ANXIETY; CONDITIONED FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBRAL INFUSION; PLUS MAZE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84893205890     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.044     Document Type: Article

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