Relevance of dorsomedial hypothalamus, dorsomedial division of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter in the organization of …

F Ullah, T dos Anjos-Garcia, IR dos Santos… - Behavioural Brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter and ventromedial hypothalamus in
humans showed the involvement of both these structures in panic attacks. The aim of this …

Connexions between the dorsomedial division of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter are critical in the elaboration of …

F Ullah, T dos Anjos-Garcia, J Mendes-Gomes… - Behavioural Brain …, 2017 - Elsevier
The electrical and chemical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter (dPAG)
elicits panic-like explosive escape behaviour. Although neurons of the ventromedial …

High-frequency stimulation of the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray and ventromedial hypothalamus fails to inhibit panic-like behaviour

LW Lim, A Blokland, V Visser-Vandewalle… - Behavioural brain …, 2008 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation of the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray (dlPAG) and one of its target
structures, the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH), produces a typical behaviour in rats …

Stimulation of 5-HT1A or 5-HT2A receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray causes anxiolytic-, but not panicolytic-like effect in rats

V de Paula Soares, H Zangrossi Jr - Behavioural brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
Evidences from studies using electrical or chemical stimulation of the midbrain
periaqueductal gray (PAG) suggest that whereas the dorsal PAG is critical for the regulation …

Effects of acute and chronic fluoxetine and diazepam on freezing behavior induced by electrical stimulation of dorsolateral and lateral columns of the periaqueductal …

KG Borelli, MJ Nobre, ML Brandão… - Pharmacology …, 2004 - Elsevier
The defensive responses induced by electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray
matter (dPAG) of the rat have been proposed as a model of panic attacks in humans. In the …

Increased plasma corticosterone levels after periaqueductal gray stimulation-induced escape reaction or panic attacks in rats

LW Lim, A Blokland, M van Duinen… - Behavioural brain …, 2011 - Elsevier
The hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis is involved in stress, depression and anxiety.
Controversy exists on HPA axis activation during panic attacks (PAs). We examined whether …

A discrete dopaminergic projection from the incertohypothalamic A13 cell group to the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray in rat

F Messanvi, E Eggens-Meijer, B Roozendaal… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Several findings have indicated an involvement of dopamine in panic and defensive
behaviors. The dorsolateral column of the periaqueductal gray (dlPAG) is crucially involved …

[HTML][HTML] Dorsal periaqueductal gray post-stimulation freezing is counteracted by neurokinin-1 receptor antagonism in the central nucleus of the amygdala in rats

MC Carvalho, JM Santos, ML Brandão - Neurobiology of Learning and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) in rats generates defensive
responses that are characterized by freezing and escape behaviors, followed by post …

Serotonin in the dorsal periaqueductal gray inhibits panic-like defensive behaviors in rats exposed to acute hypoxia

A Spiacci Jr, T de Oliveira Sergio, GSF da Silva… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
It has been proposed that spontaneous panic attacks are the outcome of the misfiring of an
evolved suffocation alarm system. Evidence gathered in the last years is suggestive that the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of reversible inactivation of the dorsomedial hypothalamus on panic-and anxiety-related responses in rats

JOG Nascimento, H Zangrossi Jr… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The medial hypothalamus is part of a neurobiological substrate controlling defensive
behavior. It has been shown that a hypothalamic nucleus, the dorsomedial hypothalamus …