Contextual fear, gestalt memories, and the hippocampus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 73-81

  Fanselow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context conditioning; Exploration; Fear; Freezing; Hippocampus; Hyperactivity; Nucleus accumbens; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GESTALT THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GESTALT THEORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 0034058460     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00186-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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