Anxiolytic effect of methylene blue microinjected into the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter
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Anxiolytic effect of methylene blue microinjected into the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter.
The dorsal periaqueductal gray (DPAG) has been implicated in the behavioral and autonomic expression of defensive reactions. Several results suggest that, along with GABA, glutamate and serotonin, nitric oxide (NO) may play a role in defense reactions mediated by this region. To further investigate this possibility we microinjected methylene blue (MB; 10, 30 or 100 nmol/0.5 microl) into the DPA...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1999001200012