Corticotropin-releasing factor in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus mediates the expression of fearpotentiated startle in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; CRF; Fear; Neuropeptide; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEAR; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEAR; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031055244     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01400.x     Document Type: Article

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