Differential fear conditioning induces reciprocal changes in the sensory responses of lateral amygdala neurons to the CS+ and CS-

Learning and Memory

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Collins, Dawn R ^a   Paré, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HEAD; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0033996598     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.7.2.97     Document Type: Article

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