Conditioned fear to context is associated with increased Fos expression in the caudal ventrolateral region of the midbrain periaqueductal gray

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Carrive, P ^a   Leung, P ^a   Harris, J ^a   Paxinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavioral inhibition; c fos; fear; freezing; periaqueductal gray; quiescence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030894964     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)83047-3     Document Type: Article

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