Serotonin 2C receptor antagonist improves fear discrimination and subsequent safety signal recall

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-84

  Foilb, Allison R ^a   Christianson, John P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2C; Anxiety; Conditioned inhibition; Fear; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 5 METHYL 1 [[2 [(2 METHYL 3 PYRIDYL)OXY] 5 PYRIDYL]CARBAMOYL]INDOLINE; 6-CHLORO-5-METHYL-1-((2-(2-METHYLPYRID-3-YLOXY)PYRID-5-YL)CARBAMOYL)INDOLINE; AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; FEAR; HAZARD; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECALL; SAFETY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; METABOLISM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMINOPYRIDINES; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; INDOLES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 84941309487     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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