Distinct regions of the periaqueductal gray are involved in the acquisition and expression of defensive responses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3426-3432

  De Oca, Beatrice M ^a,b   DeCola, Joseph P ^a   Maren, Stephen ^a,c   Fanselow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Midbrain; Periaqueductal gray; Unconditional fear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0032079799     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03426.1998     Document Type: Article

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