Damage to the lateral and central, but not other, amygdaloid nuclei prevents the acquisition of auditory fear conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 156-163

  Nader, K ^a   Majidishad, P ^a   Amorapanth, P ^a   LeDoux, J E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034978882     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.38101     Document Type: Article

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