Posttraining lesion of the superior colliculus interferes with feature-negative discrimination of fear-potentiated startle

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Waddell, Jaylyn ^a   Heldt, Scott ^a   Falls, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; Conditioned inhibition; Feature negative discrimination; Startle; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0037940147     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00405-9     Document Type: Article

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