Some empirical data concerning time of day effects on conditioned freezing in an aversive context-conditioning procedure

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-83

  Maes, J H Roald ^a   Davila, Alex ^b   Vossen, Jo M H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Context; Footshock; Freezing; Rats; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC SHOCK;

EID: 0031984021     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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