The neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of conditioned fear

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 743-760

  Fendt, M ^a   Fanselow, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioned fear; Conditioned stimulus; Fear potentiated startle; Freezing; Periaqueductal gray; Unconditioned stimulus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE AGONIST; PENTAGASTRIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; SURVIVAL; TEGMENTUM; THREAT;

EID: 0032976615     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00016-0     Document Type: Review

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