Amygdalar NMDA receptors are critical for new fear learning in previously fear-conditioned rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8444-8454

  Lee, Hongjoo ^a   Kim, Jeansok J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Classical conditioning; Emotion; LTD; LTP; Memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032531699     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08444.1998     Document Type: Article

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