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ALBRECHET-SOUZA, L.; BORELLI, K. G.; CARVALHO, M. C.; BRANDAO, M. L.. THE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX IS A TARGET STRUCTURE FOR THE ANXIOLYTIC-LIKE EFFECTS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ASSESSED BY REPEATED EXPOSURE TO THE ELEVATED PLUS MAZE AND FOS IMMUNOREACTIVITY. Neuroscience, v. 164, n. 2, p. 387-397, DEC 1 2009. Citações Web of Science: 27. (06/06354-5)

RODRIGUEZ LAMPREA, MARISOL; BECERRA GARCIA, ANDREA MILENA; MORATO, SILVIO. Effects of reversible inactivation of the medial septum on rat exploratory behavior in the elevated plus-maze using a test-retest paradigm. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 210, n. 1, p. 67-73, JUN 26 2010. Citações Web of Science: 10. (98/11187-2, 99/00737-4)

BROIZ, A. C.; BASSI, G. S.; SILVA, M. A. DE SOUZA; BRANDAO, M. L.. EFFECTS OF NEUROKININ-1 AND 3-RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR INDUCED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE DORSAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY. Neuroscience, v. 201, p. 134-145, JAN 10 2012. Citações Web of Science: 5. (11/00041-3)

DEVALL, ADAM J.; SANTOS, JULIA M.; LOVICK, THELMA A.. Estrous cycle stage influences on neuronal responsiveness to repeated anxiogenic stress in female rats. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 225, n. 1, p. 334-340, NOV 20 2011. Citações Web of Science: 8. (08/11408-2)

DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA RIBEIRO; REIMER, ADRIANO EDGAR; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. Role of dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area in conditioned fear. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 199, n. 2, p. 271-277, MAY 16 2009. Citações Web of Science: 40. (06/06354-5)

BASSI, GABRIEL S.; BROIZ, ANA C.; GOMES, MARGARETE Z.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Evidence for mediation of nociception by injection of the NK-3 receptor agonist, senktide, into the dorsal periaqueductal gray of rats. Psychopharmacology, v. 204, n. 1, p. 13-24, MAY 2009. Citações Web of Science: 8. (06/06354-5, 06/03930-5)

MELO CARVALHO, JULIANA DIAS; DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA R.; BARBOSA DA SILVA, REGINA CLAUDIA; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. A comparative study on the effects of the benzodiazepine midazolam and the dopamine agents, apomorphine and sulpiride, on rat behavior in the two-way avoidance test. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, v. 92, n. 2, p. 351-356, APR 2009. Citações Web of Science: 9. (06/06354-5)

GOMES, KARINA SANTOS; DE CARVALHO-NETTO, EDUARDO FERREIRA; DA SILVA MONTE, KATIA CRISTINA; ACCO, BRUNO; DE CAMPOS NOGUEIRA, PAULO JOSE; NUNES-DE-SOUZA, RICARDO LUIZ. Contrasting effects of acute and chronic treatment with imipramine and fluoxetine on inhibitory avoidance and escape responses in mice exposed to the elevated T-maze. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 78, n. 6, p. 323-327, MAR 30 2009. Citações Web of Science: 21. (02/03705-0, 03/05261-5)

MARTINEZ, R. C. R.; OLIVEIRA, A. R.; MACEDO, C. E.; MOLINA, V. A.; BRANDAO, M. L.. Involvement of dopaminergic mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens core and shell subregions in the expression of fear conditioning. Neuroscience Letters, v. 446, n. 2-3, p. 112-116, DEC 3 2008. Citações Web of Science: 40. (06/06354-5, 02/09232-7)

CARVALHO, M. C.; VELONI, A. C.; GENARO, K.; BRANDAO, M. L.. Behavioral sensitization induced by dorsal periaqueductal gray electrical stimulation is counteracted by NK1 receptor antagonism in the ventral hippocampus and central nucleus of the amygdala. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY, v. 148, p. 60-68, FEB 2018. Citações Web of Science: 1. (16/04620-1)

DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA R.; REIMER, ADRIANO E.; REIS, FERNANDO M. C. V.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Dopamine D-2-like receptors modulate freezing response, but not the activation of HPA axis, during the expression of conditioned fear. Experimental Brain Research, v. 235, n. 2, p. 429-436, FEB 2017. Citações Web of Science: 6. (16/04620-1, 10/50669-6, 13/04741-5, 15/20487-7)

DE OLIVEIRA, LUCIANA C.; GOMES, MARGARETH Z.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Influence of age on reactivity to diverse emotional challenges in low- and high-anxiety rats. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 29, n. 1, p. 77-83, FEB 2011. Citações Web of Science: 3. (06/06354-5)

ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; BORELLI, KARINA G.; ALMADA, RAFAEL C.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Midazolam reduces the selective activation of the rhinal cortex by contextual fear stimuli. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 216, n. 2, p. 631-638, JAN 20 2011. Citações Web of Science: 10. (06/06354-5)

ALMADA, RAFAEL C.; BORELLI, KARINA G.; ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Serotonergic mechanisms of the median raphe nucleus-dorsal hippocampus in conditioned fear: Output circuit involves the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 203, n. 2, p. 279-287, NOV 5 2009. Citações Web of Science: 32. (06/06354-5)

CUNHA, JOICE MARIA; ZANOVELI, JANAINA MENEZES; LEDVINKA-FILHO, EDUARDO; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. L-Allylglycine dissociates the neural substrates of fear in the periaqueductal gray of rats. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 81, n. 4-5, p. 416-423, MAR 16 2010. Citações Web of Science: 6. (06/06354-5, 06/54387-0, 08/54445-5)

SANTOS, JULIA M.; MACEDO, CARLOS E.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Gabaergic mechanisms of hypothalamic nuclei in the expression of conditioned fear. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY, v. 90, n. 3, p. 560-568, OCT 2008. Citações Web of Science: 25. (06/06354-5)

ZANOVELI, JANAINA M.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. The dorsal periaqueductal and basolateral amygdala are necessary for the expression of conditioned place avoidance induced by semicarbazide stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal region. PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, v. 32, n. 7, p. 1715-1721, OCT 1 2008. Citações Web of Science: 5. (06/06354-5, 06/54387-0)

SAITO, VIVIANE M.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. THE LIGHT SWITCH-OFF RESPONSE AS A PUTATIVE RODENT TEST OF INNATE FEAR. Neuroscience, v. 334, p. 160-165, OCT 15 2016. Citações Web of Science: 1. (12/03707-5)

ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; CARVALHO, MILENE CRISTINA; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. D-1-like receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell regulate the expression of contextual fear conditioning and activity of the anterior cingulate cortex in rats. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 16, n. 5, p. 1045-1057, JUN 2013. Citações Web of Science: 16. (11/00041-3)

NOBRE, MANOEL JORGE; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. Modulation of auditory-evoked potentials recorded in the inferior colliculus by GABAergic mechanisms in the basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala in high- and low-anxiety rats. Brain Research, v. 1421, p. 20-29, NOV 3 2011. Citações Web of Science: 6. (11/00041-3)

BORELLI, KARINA G.; ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; FEDOCE, ALESSANDRA G.; FABRI, DENISE S.; RESSTEL, LEONARDO B.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Conditioned fear is modulated by CRF mechanisms in the periaqueductal gray columns. Hormones and Behavior, v. 63, n. 5, p. 791-799, MAY 2013. Citações Web of Science: 8. (11/07332-3, 11/00041-3, 12/09300-4, 11/20762-7)

CARVALHO, M. C.; SANTOS, J. M.; BASSI, G. S.; BRANDAO, M. L.. Participation of NK1 receptors of the amygdala on the processing of different types of fear. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY, v. 102, p. 20-27, MAY 2013. Citações Web of Science: 11. (11/00041-3)

REIS, FERNANDO M. C. V.; ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; FRANCI, CELSO R.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Risk assessment behaviors associated with corticosterone trigger the defense reaction to social isolation in rats: Role of the anterior cingulate cortex. STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS, v. 15, n. 3, p. 318-328, MAY 2012. Citações Web of Science: 11. (11/00041-3)

COIMBRA‚ NC; DE OLIVEIRA‚ R.; FREITAS‚ RL; RIBEIRO‚ SJ; BORELLI‚ KG; PACAGNELLA‚ RC; MOREIRA‚ JE; DA SILVA‚ LA; MELO‚ LL; LUNARDI‚ LO; et al. Neuroanatomical approaches of the tectum-reticular pathways and immunohistochemical evidence for serotonin-positive perikarya on neuronal substrates of the superior colliculus and periaqueductal gray matter involved in the elaboration of the defensive behavior and fear-induced analgesia. Experimental Neurology, v. 197, n. 1, p. 93-112, 2006. (97/11097-0, 02/01496-5, 03/02186-2, 02/03705-0, 98/11187-2, 04/11732-3, 96/06946-6)

SEGATO‚ EN; REBOUÇAS‚ ECC; FREITAS‚ RL; CAIRES‚ MPT; CARDOSO‚ AV; RESENDE‚ GCC; SHIMIZU-BASSI‚ G.; ELIAS-FILHO‚ DH; COIMBRA‚ NC. Effect of chronic intake of sweet substance on nociceptive thresholds and feeding behavior of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia‚ Muridae). NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 8, n. 2, p. 129-140, 2005. (02/01496-5, 02/03705-0, 01/03752-6, 98/07416-6, 00/02204-2, 03/05256-1)

REIMER, ADRIANO EDGAR; DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA RIBEIRO; DINIZ, JULIANA BELO; HOEXTER, MARCELO QUEIROZ; CHIAVEGATTO, SILVANA; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. Rats with differential self-grooming expression in the elevated plus-maze do not differ in anxiety-related behaviors. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 292, p. 370-380, OCT 1 2015. Citações Web of Science: 10. (11/00041-3, 13/16864-4, 13/04741-5, 11/21357-9, 12/09648-0, 11/00968-0)

MUTHURAJU, S.; NOBRE, M. J.; SAITO, V. M. N.; BRANDAO, M. L.. DISTINCT EFFECTS OF HALOPERIDOL IN THE MEDIATION OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN THE MESOLIMBIC SYSTEM AND PROCESSING OF UNCONDITIONED AVERSIVE INFORMATION IN THE INFERIOR COLLICULUS. Neuroscience, v. 261, p. 195-206, MAR 7 2014. Citações Web of Science: 8. (11/14686-6, 11/00041-3)

D.M.L. VIANNA; M.L. BRANDÃO. Anatomical connections of the periaqueductal gray: specific neural substrates for different kinds of fear. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 36, n. 5, p. 557-566, Maio 2003. (98/11187-2, 97/00363-1)

M.C. CARVALHO; L. ALBRECHET-SOUZA; S. MASSON; M.L. BRANDÃO. Changes in the biogenic amine content of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, dorsal hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens of rats submitted to single and repeated sessions of the elevated plus-maze test. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 38, n. 12, p. 1857-1866, Dez. 2005. (02/03705-0)

M.R. LAMPREA; F.P. CARDENAS; R. SILVEIRA; T.J. WALSH; S. MORATO. Effects of septal cholinergic lesion on rat exploratory behavior in an open-field. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 36, n. 2, p. 233-238, Fev. 2003. (98/11187-2)

ADRIANO EDGAR REIMER; AMANDA RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA; MARCUS LIRA BRANDÃO. Involvement of GABAergic mechanisms of the dorsal periaqueductal gray and inferior colliculus on unconditioned fear. Psychology & Neuroscience, v. 2, n. 1, p. 51-58, Jun. 2009. (06/06354-5)

DEVALL, ADAM J.; SANTOS, JULIA M.; FRY, JONATHAN P.; HONOUR, JOHN W.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.; LOVICK, THELMA A.. Elevation of brain allopregnanolone rather than 5-HT release by short term, low dose fluoxetine treatment prevents the estrous cycle-linked increase in stress sensitivity in female rats. European Neuropsychopharmacology, v. 25, n. 1, p. 113-123, JAN 2015. Citações Web of Science: 11. (08/11408-2)

DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA RIBEIRO; COLOMBO, ANA CAROLINE; MUTHURAJU, SANGU; ALMADA, RAFAEL CARVALHO; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. Dopamine D-2-Like Receptors Modulate Unconditioned Fear: Role of the Inferior Colliculus. PLoS One, v. 9, n. 8, AUG 18 2014. Citações Web of Science: 8. (11/00041-3)

ALMADA, RAFAEL C.; ALBRECHET-SOUZA, LUCAS; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Further evidence for involvement of the dorsal hippocampus serotonergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ergic pathways in the expression of contextual fear conditioning in rats. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 27, n. 12, SI, p. 1160-1168, DEC 2013. Citações Web of Science: 5. (11/00041-3)

COLOMBO, ANA CAROLINE; DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA RIBEIRO; REIMER, ADRIANO EDGAR; BRANDAO, MARCUS LIRA. Dopaminergic mechanisms underlying catalepsy, fear and anxiety: Do they interact?. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 257, p. 201-207, NOV 15 2013. Citações Web of Science: 8. (10/50669-6, 12/06546-2, 13/04741-5, 11/00041-3)

GENARO, KARINA; JULIANO, MARIA A.; PRADO, WILIAM A.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.; MARTINS, ANTONIO R.. Effects of angiotensin (5-8) microinfusions into the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray on defensive behaviors in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 256, p. 537-544, NOV 1 2013. Citações Web of Science: 2. (11/00041-3)

DE SOUZA CAETANO, KATIA A.; DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA R.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Dopamine D2 receptors modulate the expression of contextual conditioned fear: role of the ventral tegmental area and the basolateral amygdala. Behavioural Pharmacology, v. 24, n. 4, p. 264-274, AUG 2013. Citações Web of Science: 24. (10/50669-6, 11/00041-3)

DE OLIVEIRA, AMANDA R.; REIMER, ADRIANO E.; BRANDAO, MARCUS L.. Mineralocorticoid receptors in the ventral tegmental area regulate dopamine efflux in the basolateral amygdala during the expression of conditioned fear. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, v. 43, p. 114-125, MAY 2014. Citações Web of Science: 5. (10/50669-6, 13/04741-5, 11/00041-3)

CUADRA‚ G.; ZURITA‚ A.; MACEDO‚ C.E.; MOLINA‚ V.A.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Electrical stimulation of the midbrain tectum enhances dopamine release in the frontal cortex. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 52, n. 5, p. 413-418, 2000. (98/11706-0, 98/11187-2)

PANDOSSIO‚ JE; MOLINA‚ VA; BRANDAO‚ ML. Prior electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus sensitizes rats to the stress of the elevated plus-maze test. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 109, n. 1, p. 19-25, 2000. (98/11706-0, 98/11187-2)

BRANDÃO‚ M.L.; COIMBRA‚ N.C.; OSAKI‚ M.Y.. Changes in the auditory-evoked potentials induced by fear-evoking stimulations. Physiology & Behavior, v. 72, n. 3, p. 365-372, 2001. (98/11706-0, 98/11187-2)

TRONCOSO‚ A.C.; OSAKI‚ M.Y.; MASON‚ S.; BORELLI‚ K.G.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Apomorphine enhances conditioned responses induced by aversive stimulation of the inferior colliculus. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 28, n. 2, p. 284-291, 2003. (98/11706-0, 98/11187-2)

MACEDO‚ C.E.; MARTINEZ‚ R.C.R.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Conditioned and unconditioned fear organized in the inferior colliculus are differentially sensitive to injections of muscimol into the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala.. BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 120, n. 3, p. 625, 2006. (02/03705-0, 02/09232-7)

MENDES-GOMES‚ J.; NUNES-DE-SOUZA‚ R.L.. Concurrent nociceptive stimulation impairs the anxiolytic effect of midazolam injected into the periaqueductal gray in mice. Brain Research, v. 1047, n. 1, p. 97-104, 2005. (02/03705-0, 00/15116-4, 02/00736-2)

NUNES MAMEDE ROSA‚ M.L.; NOBRE‚ M.J.; RIBEIRO OLIVEIRA‚ A.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Isolation-induced changes in ultrasonic vocalization‚ fear-potentiated startle and prepulse inhibition in rats. NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY, v. 51, n. 4, p. 248-255, 2005. (02/03705-0)

MACEDO‚ C.E.; MARTINEZ‚ R.C.R.; ALBRECHET-SOUZA‚ L.; MOLINA‚ V.A.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. 5-HT₂-and D₁-mechanisms of the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala enhance conditioned fear and impair unconditioned fear. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 177, n. 1, p. 100-108, 2007. (02/03705-0, 02/09232-7)

SANTOS‚ J.M.; GÁRGARO‚ A.C.; OLIVEIRA‚ A.R.; MASSON‚ S.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Pharmacological dissociation of moderate and high contextual fear as assessed by freezing behavior and fear-potentiated startle. European Neuropsychopharmacology, v. 15, n. 2, p. 239-246, 2005. (02/03705-0)

CORNÉLIO‚ A.M.; NUNES-DE-SOUZA‚ R.L.. Anxiogenic-like effects of mCPP microinfusions into the amygdala (but not dorsal or ventral hippocampus) in mice exposed to elevated plus-maze. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 178, n. 1, p. 82-89, 2007. (02/03705-0, 03/05261-5)

BASSI‚ G.S.; NOBRE‚ M.J.; CARVALHO‚ M.C.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Substance P injected into the dorsal periaqueductal gray causes anxiogenic effects similar to the long-term isolation as assessed by ultrasound vocalizations measurements. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 182, n. 2, p. 301-307, 2007. (02/03705-0)

BORELLI‚ K.G.; GÁRGARO‚ A.C.; SANTOS‚ J.M.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Effects of inactivation of serotonergic neurons of the median raphe nucleus on learning and performance of contextual fear conditioning. Neuroscience Letters, v. 387, n. 2, p. 105-110, 2005. (02/03705-0)

FERREIRA-NETTO‚ C.; GENARO BORELLI‚ K.; LIRA BRANDÃO‚ M.. Neural segregation of Fos-protein distribution in the brain following freezing and escape behaviors induced by injections of either glutamate or NMDA into the dorsal periaqueductal gray of rats. Brain Research, v. 1031, n. 2, p. 151-163, 2005. (02/03705-0)

NOBRE‚ M.J.; BORELLI‚ K.G.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Fast-acting excitatory amino acids are involved in the enhancement of the aversiveness of the electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus by systemic injections of muscimol. Life Sciences, v. 71, n. 25, p. 2961-2972, 2002. (02/03705-0, 98/11187-2)

MACEDO‚ C.E.; CASTILHO‚ V.M.; DE SOUZA E SILVA‚ M.A.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Dual 5-HT mechanisms in basolateral and central nuclei of amygdala in the regulation of the defensive behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 59, n. 3, p. 189-195, 2002. (02/03705-0, 98/11187-2)

FERREIRA-NETTO‚ C.; BORELLI‚ K.G.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Distinct Fos expression in the brain following freezing behavior elicited by stimulation with NMDA of the ventral or dorsal inferior colliculus. Experimental Neurology, v. 204, n. 2, p. 693-704, 2007. (02/03705-0)

NOBRE‚ M.J.; LOPES‚ M.G.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Defense reaction mediated by NMDA mechanisms in the inferior colliculus is modulated by GABAergic nigro-collicular pathways. Brain Research, v. 999, n. 1, p. 124-131, 2004. (02/03705-0)

AVANZI‚ V.; SILVA‚ RCB; MACEDO‚ CE; BRANDÃO‚ ML. 5-HT mechanisms of median raphe nucleus in the conditioned freezing caused by light/foot-shock association. Physiology & Behavior, v. 78, n. 3, p. 471-477, 2003. (02/03705-0, 98/11187-2)

BORELLI‚ K.G.; FERREIRA-NETTO‚ C.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Distribution of Fos immunoreactivity in the rat brain after freezing or escape elicited by inhibition of glutamic acid decarboxylase or antagonism of GABA-A receptors in the inferior colliculus. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 170, n. 1, p. 84-93, 2006. (02/03705-0)

VIANNA‚ D.M.L.; BORELLI‚ K.G.; FERREIRA-NETTO‚ C.; MACEDO‚ C.E.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Fos-like immunoreactive neurons following electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray at freezing and escape thresholds. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 62, n. 3, p. 179-189, 2003. (02/03705-0)

CASTILHO‚ V.; MACEDO‚ C.; BRANDÃO‚ M.. Role of benzodiazepine and serotonergic mechanisms in conditioned freezing and antinociception using electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray as unconditioned stimulus in rats. Psychopharmacology, v. 165, n. 1, p. 77-85, 2002. (02/03705-0, 98/11187-2)

SILVA‚ RCB; GÁRGARO‚ A.C.; BRANDAO‚ ML. Differential regulation of the expression of contextual freezing and fear-potentiated startle by 5-HT mechanisms of the median raphe nucleus. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 151, n. 1, p. 93-101, 2004. (02/03705-0)

MOREIRA‚ C.M.; MASSON‚ S.; CARVALHO‚ M.C.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Exploratory behaviour of rats in the elevated plus-maze is differentially sensitive to inactivation of the basolateral and central amygdaloid nuclei. Brain Research Bulletin, v. 71, n. 5, p. 466-474, 2007. (02/03705-0)

CABRAL‚ A.; ISOARDI‚ N.; SALUM‚ C.; MACEDO‚ CE; NOBRE‚ MJ; MOLINA‚ VA; BRANDÃO‚ ML. Fear state induced by ethanol withdrawal may be due to the sensitization of the neural substrates of aversion in the dPAG. Experimental Neurology, v. 200, n. 1, p. 200-208, 2006. (02/03705-0)

MACEDO‚ C.E.; CUADRA‚ G.; MOLINA‚ V.; BRANDAO‚ M.L.. Aversive stimulation of the inferior colliculus changes dopamine and serotonin extracellular levels in the frontal cortex: Modulation by the basolateral nucleus of amygdala. Synapse, v. 55, n. 1, p. 58-66, 2005. (02/03705-0, 02/09232-7)

SILVA‚ RCB; SANTOS‚ NR; BRANDAO‚ ML. Influence of housing conditions on the effects of serotonergic drugs on feeding behavior in non-deprived rats. NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY, v. 47, n. 2, p. 98-101, 2003. (98/11187-2)

MARTÍNEZ‚ J.C.; CARDENAS‚ F.; LAMPREA‚ M.; MORATO‚ S.. The role of vision and proprioception in the aversion of rats to the open arms of an elevated plus-maze. Behavioural Processes, v. 60, n. 1, p. 15-26, 2002. (98/11187-2)

CARDENAS‚ F.; LAMPREA‚ M.R.; MORATO‚ S.. Vibrissal sense is not the main sensory modality in rat exploratory behavior in the elevated plus-maze. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 122, n. 2, p. 169-174, 2001. (98/11187-2)

VIANNA‚ D.M.L.; GRAEFF‚ F.G.; LANDEIRA-FERNANDEZ‚ J.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. Lesion of the ventral periaqueductal gray reduces conditioned fear but does not change freezing induced by stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray. LEARNING & MEMORY, v. 8, n. 3, p. 164-169, 2001. (98/11187-2)

SANTOS‚ NR; HUSTON‚ JP; BRANDÃO‚ ML. Escape behavior under tonic inhibitory control of histamine H2-receptor mediated mechanisms in the midbrain tectum. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 124, n. 2, p. 167-175, 2001. (98/11187-2)

OLIVEIRA‚ L.C.; NOBRE‚ M.J.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.; LANDEIRA-FERNANDEZ‚ J.. Role of amygdala in conditioned and unconditioned fear generated in the periaqueductal gray. Neuroreport, v. 15, n. 14, p. 2281, 2004. (98/11187-2)

ANSELONI‚ V.C.Z.; COIMBRA‚ N.C.; MORATO‚ S.; BRANDÃO‚ M.L.. A comparative study of the effects of morphine in the dorsal periaqueductal gray and nucleus accumbens of rats submitted to the elevated plus-maze test. Experimental Brain Research, v. 129, n. 2, p. 260-268, 1999. (98/11187-2)

CASTILHO‚ VM; BRANDÃO‚ ML. Conditioned antinociception and freezing using electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray or inferior colliculus as unconditioned stimulus are differentially regulated by 5-HT2A receptors in rats. Psychopharmacology, v. 155, n. 2, p. 154-162, 2001. (98/11187-2)

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