N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the basolateral amygdala are required for both acquisition and expression of conditional fear in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1365-1374

  Maren, Stephen ^a,b   Aharonov, Gal ^a   Stote, Deborah L ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0030451230     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.6.1365     Document Type: Article

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