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Defensive reactions evoked by activation of NMDA receptors in distinct sites of the inferior colliculusCARDOSO, S. H; COIMBRA, N. C; BRANDAO, M. L et al.Behavioural brain research. 1994, Vol 63, Num 1, pp 17-24, issn 0166-4328Article

Inhibition of acute nociceptive responses in rats after i.c.v. injection of Thr⁶-bradykinin, isolated from the venom of the social wasp, Polybia occidentalis. CommentaryNAGY, I; PAULE, C; COIMBRA, N. C et al.British journal of pharmacology. 2007, Vol 151, Num 6, issn 0007-1188, 721-722, 860-869 [12 p.]Article

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Cortical thinning of the right anterior cingulate cortex in spider phobia: A magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy studyLINARES, I. M. P; JACKOWSKI, A. P; COIMBRA, N. C et al.Brain research. 2014, Vol 1576, pp 35-42, issn 0006-8993, 8 p.Article

Glutamatergic neurotransmission mediated by NMDA receptors in the inferior colliculus can modulate haloperidol-induced catalepsyMELO, L. L; SANTOS, P; MEDEIROS, P et al.Brain research. 2010, Vol 1349, pp 41-47, issn 0006-8993, 7 p.Article

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Effects of lesions of amygdaloid nuclei and substantia nigra on aversive responses induced by electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculusMAISONNETTE, S. S; KAWASAKI, M. C; COIMBRA, N. C et al.Brain research bulletin. 1996, Vol 40, Num 2, pp 93-98, issn 0361-9230Article

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Effects of morphine and midazolam on reactivity to peripheral noxious and central aversive stimuliBRANDAO, M. L; COIMBRA, N. C; LEAO BORGES, P. C et al.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 1990, Vol 14, Num 4, pp 495-499, issn 0149-7634, 5 p.Conference Paper

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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 analgesiaCOIMBRA, N. C; DE OLIVEIRA, R; BRANDAO, M. L et al.Experimental neurology (Print). 2006, Vol 197, Num 1, pp 93-112, issn 0014-4886, 20 p.Article

A comparative study of the effects of morphine in the dorsal periaqueductal gray and nucleus accumbens of rats submitted to the elevated plus-maze testANSELONI, V. C. Z; COIMBRA, N. C; MORATO, S et al.Experimental brain research. 1999, Vol 129, Num 2, pp 260-268, issn 0014-4819Article

Pharmacological and neuroanatomical evidence for the involvement of the anterior pretectal nucleus in the antinociception induced by stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus in ratsMAMEDE ROSA, M. L. N; OLIVEIRA, M. A; VALENTE, R. B et al.Pain (Amsterdam). 1998, Vol 74, Num 2-3, pp 171-179, issn 0304-3959Article

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