Repeated restraint stress facilitates fear conditioning independently of causing hippocampal CA3 dendritic atrophy

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 902-913

  Conrad, Cheryl D ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^b   Magariños, Ana María ^b   McEwen, Bruce S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TIANEPTINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECOGNITION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0343750698     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.5.902     Document Type: Article

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