The role of mesoprefrontal dopamine neurons in the acquisition and expression of conditioned fear in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 553-564

  Morrow, B A ^a   Elsworth, J D ^a   Rasmusson, A M ^a   Roth, R H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Aversive learning; DOPAC; Extinction; Medial prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; FEAR; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; STRESS;

EID: 0033035615     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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