Neuroanatomical approaches of the tectum-reticular pathways and immunohistochemical evidence for serotonin-positive perikarya on neuronal substrates of the …

NC Coimbra, R De Oliveira, RL Freitas, SJ Ribeiro… - Experimental …, 2006 - Elsevier
Deep layers of the superior colliculus, the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter and the inferior
colliculus are midbrain structures involved in the generation of defensive behavior and fear …

Neuroanatomical and psychopharmacological evidence for interaction between opioid and GABAergic neural pathways in the modulation of fear and defense elicited …

GCD Eichenberger, SJ Ribeiro, MY Osaki… - …, 2002 - Elsevier
The effects of central administration of opioid antagonists on the aversive responses elicited
by electrical (at the freezing and escape thresholds) or chemical stimulation (crossings …

Neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological study of opioid pathways in the mesencephalic tectum: effect of μ1-and κ-opioid receptor blockade on escape behavior …

MY Osaki, L Castellan-Baldan, F Calvo, AD Carvalho… - Brain research, 2003 - Elsevier
Deep layers of the superior colliculus (DLSC), the dorsal and ventral periaqueductal gray
matter (PAG), and inferior colliculus (IC) are midbrain structures involved in the generation of …

Intrinsic neural circuits between dorsal midbrain neurons that control fear-induced responses and seizure activity and nuclei of the pain inhibitory system elaborating …

RL Freitas, CMR Ferreira, SJ Ribeiro, AD Carvalho… - Experimental …, 2005 - Elsevier
The blockade of GABA-mediated Cl− influx with pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) was used in the
present work to induce seizures in Rattus norvegicus. The aim of this work was to study the …

Neurochemical mechanisms of the defensive behavior in the dorsal midbrain

ML Brandão, VZ Anseloni, JE Pandossio… - Neuroscience & …, 1999 - Elsevier
Some regions in the mesencephalon, such as dorsal periaqueductal gray, inferior colliculus
and deep layers of superior colliculus have been grouped together as a continuos strip of …

Gabaergic regulation of the neural organization of fear in the midbrain tectum

ML Brandão, KG Borelli, MJ Nobre, JM Santos… - Neuroscience & …, 2005 - Elsevier
In midbrain tectum (MT) structures, such as the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG), the
superior colliculus (SC) and the inferior colliculus (IC) GABAergic neurons exert a tonic …

The relevance of neuronal substrates of defense in the midbrain tectum to anxiety and stress: empirical and conceptual considerations

ML Brandão, AC Troncoso, MA de Souza Silva… - European journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
The medial hypothalamus, amygdala, and dorsal periaqueductal gray constitute the main
neural substrates for the integration of aversive states in the brain. More recently, some …

5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A receptors of the dorsal raphe nucleus modulate panic-like behaviours and mediate fear-induced antinociception elicited by neuronal …

R da Silva Soares Jr, LL Falconi-Sobrinho… - Behavioural Brain …, 2019 - Elsevier
It has been established that chemical stimulation of the inferior colliculus (IC) of laboratory
animals evokes fear-related defensive responses, which are considered panic attack-like …

GABAergic nigro-collicular pathways modulate the defensive behaviour elicited by midbrain tectum stimulation

NC Coimbra, ML Brandão - Behavioural brain research, 1993 - Elsevier
Midbrain tectum (MT) structures such as the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter and deep
layers of superior colliculus are well-known for the organization and generation of defensive …

Effects of 5-HT2 receptors blockade on fear-induced analgesia elicited by electrical stimulation of the deep layers of the superior colliculus and dorsal periaqueductal …

NC Coimbra, ML Brandão - Behavioural brain research, 1997 - Elsevier
The deep layers of the superior colliculus (DLSC) and the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter
(DPAG) have been implicated in the control of defensive-like behaviors. Electrical and …