Pharmacological depletion of serotonin in the basolateral amygdala complex reduces anxiety and disrupts fear conditioning

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-179

  Johnson, Philip L ^a   Molosh, Andrei ^a   Fitz, Stephanie D ^a   Arendt, Dave ^a   Deehan, Gerald A ^a   Federici, Lauren M ^a   Bernabe, Cristian ^a   Engleman, Eric A ^a   Rodd, Zachary A ^a   Lowry, Christopher A ^b   Shekhar, Anantha ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

5,7 dht; 5 ht; Amygdala; Anxiety; Dorsal raphe; Fear; Sert

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HUMAN RELATION; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DESIPRAMINE; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 84944036724     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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