Conditioned fear in low- and high-anxious rats is differentially regulated by cortical subcortical and midbrain 5-HT1A receptors

Neuroscience

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-168

  Ferreira, R ^a,c   Nobre, M J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Uni FACEF   (Brazil)

^c Campus USP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Periaqueductal gray; Prelimbic cortex; Serotonin; Startle; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STARTLE REFLEX; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; INDIVIDUALITY; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; REFLEX, STARTLE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 5-HT1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 84897511713     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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