Mechanisms of Pavlovian fear conditioning: Has the engram been located?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 436-437

  Paré, Denis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036753151     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)02243-9     Document Type: Review

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