Differential activation of arginine-vasopressin receptor subtypes in the amygdaloid modulation of anxiety in the rat by arginine-vasopressin
Hernández-Pérez, O. R., Crespo-Ramírez, M., Cuza-Ferrer, Y., Anias-Calderón, J., Zhang, L., Roldan-Roldan, G., ? Perez de la Mora, M. (2018). Differential activation of arginine-vasopressin receptor subtypes in the amygdaloid modulation of anxiety in the rat by arginine-vasopressin. Psychopharmacology, 235(4), 1015?1027. doi:10.1007/s00213-017-4817-0
ABSTRACT
The amygdala plays a paramount role in the modulation of anxiety and numerous studies have shown that arginine vasopressin (AVP) elicits anxiogenic effects following either its systemic or septal administration.