Injections of the NMDA receptor antagonist aminophosphonopentanoic acid into the lateral nucleus of the amygdala block the expression of fear-potentiated startle and freezing

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4111-4115

  Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; AP 5; Conditioned fear; Expression; Freezing; Glutamate; NMDA receptor; Plasticity; Startle

Indexed keywords

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; FEAR; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035370739     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-11-04111.2001     Document Type: Article

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