Disrupting basolateral amygdala function impairs unconditioned freezing and avoidance in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 709-718

  Vazdarjanova, Almira ^a,b   Cahill, Larry ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat hair; Excitotoxic lesions; Fear conditioning; Lidocaine; Predator odour

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; DENERVATION; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENERVATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0036280266     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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