The effect of amygdala lesions on conditional and unconditional vocalizations in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-225

  Borszcz, George S ^a   Leaton, Robert N ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULUS; TAIL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037401401     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(03)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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