Amygdala, hippocampus, and unconditioned fear

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 200-209

  Antoniadis, Elena A ^a   McDonald, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioning; Fear; Hippocampus; Multiple measures of fear

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFECATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FOOT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; URINATION;

EID: 0035025642     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000645     Document Type: Article

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