Application of Pavlovian higher-order conditioning to the analysis of the neural substrates of fear conditioning

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 453-459

  Gewirtz, Jonathan C ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortex; Fear; Startle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031781173     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00036-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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