Inhibition of the mesoamygdala dopaminergic pathway impairs the retrieval of conditioned fear associations

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 891-901

  Nader, Karim ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEAR; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0033501428     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.5.891     Document Type: Article

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