Contextual condition fear blocks the induction but not for maintenance of lateral septal LTP on behaving mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-81

  Garcia, René ^a   Vouimba, Rose Marie ^a   Jaffard, Robert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TETANY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TETANY;

EID: 0030611635     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.76     Document Type: Article

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