Executive and modulatory neural circuits of defensive reactions: Implications for panic disorder

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue P3, 2014, Pages 352-364

  Canteras, Newton S ^a   Graeff, Frederico G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal models; Defense; Panic disorder; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIPANIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG MECHANISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREAT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84911456962     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.03.020     Document Type: Review

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