The place of the hippocampus in fear conditioning

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 463, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Sanders, Matthew J ^a   Wiltgen, Brian J ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Context; Fear; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIZOCILPINE; MUSCIMOL; RY 024; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037470176     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01283-4     Document Type: Review

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