Paradoxical facilitatory effect of fornix lesions on acquisition of contextual fear conditioning in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Laurent Demir, Catherine ^a   Jaffard, Robert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Context; Fear conditioning; Fornix lesions; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEAR; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FORNIX (BRAIN); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033991522     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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