Medial prefrontal cortex serotonergic and GABAergic mechanisms modulate the expression of contextual fear: Intratelencephalic pathways and differential involvement of cortical subregions

Neuroscience

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 988-997

  Almada, R C ^a,b   Coimbra, N C ^a,b   Brandao M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Institute for Neuroscience and Behaviour (INeC)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Contextual fear conditioning; GABA; Infralimbic cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX AREA 1; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX AREA 2; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONNECTOME; CONTEXTUAL FEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; FEAR; FEAR-POTENTIATED STARTLE TEST; FREEZING BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; RAT; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; WISTAR RAT;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEXTRANS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIMBIC LOBE; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX, STARTLE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 5-HT1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 84913555310     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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