High-alcohol-drinking rats exhibit persistent freezing responses to discrete cues following Pavlovian fear conditioning

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Rorick, Linda M ^a   Finn, Peter R ^a   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Aversive learning; Freezing; Pavlovian fear conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0142227001     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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