L-type voltage-gated calcium channels are involved in the in vivo and in vitro expression of fear conditioning

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 985, Issue , 2003, Pages 135-149

  Shinnick Gallagher, Patricia ^a   McKernan, Margaret G ^b   Xie, Jiangang ^a   Zinebi, Fatiha ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Paired pulse facilitation; Voltage gated calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; NIMODIPINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEAR; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242668392     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07078.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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