Posttraining glucocorticoid receptor agonist enhances memory in appetitive and aversive Pavlovian discrete-cue conditioning paradigms

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 458-464

  Zorawski, Michael ^a   Killcross, Simon ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Emotion; Glucocorticoid; Learning; Memory modulation; Rat

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REWARD;

EID: 0036433320     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2002.4075     Document Type: Article

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