Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor immunoreactivity in the amygdala-II. Fear-induced plasticity

Neuroscience

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Roozendaal, B ^a,b   Van Der Zee, E A ^a   Hensbroek, R A ^a   Maat, H ^a   Luiten, P G M ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^a   Bohus, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

active shock avoidance; central nucleus; conditioning; corticomedial nucleus; immobility; immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030571573     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00360-0     Document Type: Article

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