The role of ventral tegmental dopamine neurons and the effects of central and peripheral dopamine agonists on fear motivation as measured by the potentiated acoustic startle reflex in rats
The involvement of dopamine (DA) in the emotional and psychiatric disturbances associated with schizophrenia and psychomotor stimulant abuse is well known; however, the mechanism by which DA mediates fear expression and anxiety is not well defined. Accordingly, the objective of the present thesis wa...
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University of Saskatchewan
1997
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-000803 |