Aversive stimulation of the inferior colliculus changes dopamine and serotonin extracellular levels in the frontal cortex: Modulation by the basolateral nucleus of amygdala

Synapse

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-66

  Macedo, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Cuadra, Gabriel ^b   Molina, Victor ^b   Brandão, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dopamine; Fear; Frontal cortex; Inferior colliculus; Microdialysis; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MUSCIMOL; SEROTONIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRONTAL LOBE; GABA AGONISTS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LIDOCAINE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

EID: 9444224981     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20094     Document Type: Article

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