Neurotoxic lesions of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala decrease conditioned fear but not unconditioned fear of a predator odor: Comparison with electrolytic lesions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3619-3627

  Wallace, Karin J ^a   Rosen, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basal nucleus of the amygdala; Basolateral nucleus of the amygdala; Context conditioning; Fear conditioning; Fox odor; Freezing; Lateral nucleus of the amygdala; Unconditioned fear

Indexed keywords

THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; FEAR; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0035873232     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-10-03619.2001     Document Type: Article

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