Opposite effects of lateral septal LTP and lateral septal lesions on contextual fear conditioning in mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 875-884

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031656196     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.4.875     Document Type: Article

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