Effects of glycine or (±)-3-amino-1-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidone microinjections along the rostrocaudal axis of the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter on rats' performance in the elevated plus-maze task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 196-203

  Teixeira, Karina V ^a   Carobrez, Antonio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; GLYCINE; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAZE TEST; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 85047680591     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.1.196     Document Type: Article

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