Conditioned fear to environmental context: Cardiovascular and behavioral components in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 858, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 440-445

  Carrive, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Conditioned fear; Exploratory behavior; Freezing; Heart rate; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GROOMING; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0034628962     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02029-1     Document Type: Article

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