Relationship between memory and fear: Developmental and pharmacological studies

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-98

  Pletnikov, Mikhail V ^a   Storozheva, Zinaida I ^a   Sherstnev, Vladimir V ^a  

^a P K ANOKHIN INSTITUTE OF NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Freezing; Habituation; Ontogeny; Rat; Startle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DIAZEPAM;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; HABITUATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DIAZEPAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0029989584     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02167-1     Document Type: Article

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