The dorsolateral periaqueductal grey N-methyl-D-aspartate/nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway modulates the expression of contextual fear conditioning in rats

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 479-485

  Aguiar, Daniele C ^a   Hott, Sara C ^b   Deolindo, Milena V ^b   Guimarães, Francisco S ^b   Resstel, Leonardo B M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

autonomic responses; Freezing; glutamate; nitric oxide; rat

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; HEART; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLIC GMP; FEAR; HEART; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899848471     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881113504012     Document Type: Article

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