Nicotine enhancement of contextual fear conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Gould, Thomas J ^a   Wehner, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; C57BL 6 Mice; Learning; Mecamylamine; Memory

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEAR; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0032973078     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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