The 'anxiety state' and its relation with rat models of memory and habituation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-94

  Ribeiro, Rafaela L ^a   Andreatini, Roberto ^a   Wolfman, Claudia ^b   Viola, Haydeé ^b   Medina, Jorge H ^b   Da Cunha, Claudio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0032867714     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3891     Document Type: Article

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