Spared anterograde memory for shock-probe fear conditioning after inactivation of the amygdala

Learning and Memory

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Lehmann, Hugo ^a   Treit, Dallas ^b   Parent, Marise B ^b,c  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0042971906     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.54103     Document Type: Article

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