Electrolytic lesions of the fimbria/fornix, dorsal hippocampus, or entorhinal cortex produce anterograde deficits in contextual fear conditioning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-149

  Maren, Stephen ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROLYSIS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

EID: 0031104001     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.3752     Document Type: Article

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