Injections of corticotropin-releasing factor into the periaqueductal gray enhance Pavlovian fear conditioning

Psychobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Tershner, Sheralee A ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; HYPOALGESIA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT;

EID: 0029984647     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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