Regulation of contextual conditioning by the median raphe nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 790, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 178-184

  Avanzi, V ^a   Castilho, V M ^a   De Andrade, T G C S ^b   Brandao M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Median raphe nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FREEZING; LEARNING; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFECATION; DENERVATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION; URINATION;

EID: 0032550219     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01538-2     Document Type: Article

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