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Adenosine-3,5-phosphate levels in brain structures of rats submitted to four different behavioral procedures

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Shuttle avoidance training decreased the cAMP content of rat brain (excluding hippocampus and caudate nucleus), amygdala and hypothalamus. Stimulation by tones alone had a similar effect, but only in the brain fraction. Pseudoconditioning or footshocks alone had no effect.

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  1. Departmento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biociências, U.F.R.G.S. (centro), 90000, Pôrto Alegre, RS, Brasil

    D. O. Souza, R. D. Dias, M. A. Carrasco & I. Izquierdo

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With support from FAPERGS, CNPq, and PROPESP-UFRGS, Brasil. We are grateful to Miss Sonia Eisinger for her valuable technical assistance.

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Souza, D.O., Dias, R.D., Carrasco, M.A. et al. Adenosine-3,5-phosphate levels in brain structures of rats submitted to four different behavioral procedures. Experientia 36, 539–540 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965785

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