Aversive conditioning following repeated withdrawal from ethanol and epileptic kindling

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1664-1670

  Ripley, Tamzin L ^a   Brown, Geraldine ^a   Dunworth, Sarah J ^a   Stephens, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Amygdala; Anxiety; Conditioned emotional response; Rat; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PENTETRAZOLE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SHOCK; TASTE AVERSION;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; TASTE;

EID: 0037679384     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02604.x     Document Type: Article

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