Differential modulation of changes in hippocampal-septal synaptic excitability by the amygdala as a function of either elemental or contextual fear conditioning in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 480-487

  Desmedt, Aline ^a   Garcia, René ^a   Jaffard, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala central nucleus; Elemental versus contextual conditioning; Fear conditioning; Hippocampal septal excitability; Lateral septum; Mice

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031974346     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00480.1998     Document Type: Article

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