Lack of a temporal gradient of retrograde amnesia following NMDA- induced lesions of the basolateral amygdala assessed with the fear- potentiated startle paradigm

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 836-839

  Lee, Younglim ^a,b,c   Walker, David ^a,b,c   Davis, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; ELECTROLYSIS; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; STARTLE REFLEX; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0029786181     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.836     Document Type: Article

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