Effects of small amygdala lesions on fear, but not aggression, in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Oakes, Michael E ^a   Coover, Gary D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggresion; Amygdala; Defense; Fear; Offense; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031031646     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00348-4     Document Type: Article

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