Involvement of NMDA receptors within the amygdala in short- versus long-term memory for fear conditioning as assessed with fear-potentiated startle

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1019-1033

  Walker, David L ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0034538675     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.6.1019     Document Type: Article

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