Effect of sex on fear conditioning is similar for context and discrete CS in Wistar, Lewis and Fischer rat strains

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 753-759

  Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Lehmann, Julia ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Context; CS; Fear; Freezing; Hippocampus; LTP; Sex; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032739394     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00147-1     Document Type: Article

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