A comparison of contextual and generalized auditory-cue fear conditioning: Evidence for similar memory processes

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1299-1308

  Rudy, Jerry W ^a   Pugh, C Rachal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS;

EID: 0030460114     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.6.1299     Document Type: Article

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