CS modality transfer of two-way avoidance in rats with central and basolateral amygdala lesions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-24

  Werka, Tomasz ^a   Zieliński, Kazimierz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electrolytic injuries; Rat; Shuttle box; Stimulus processing; Stimulus saliency; Visual and acoustic stimuli

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032103183     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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