Contextual learning and cue association in fear conditioning in mice: A strain comparison and a lesion study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Configural learning; Contextual stimuli; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Ibotenic acid; Inbred strain; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; IBOTENIC ACID; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031714678     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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