The Role of Muscarinic and Nicotinic Cholinergic Neurotransmission in Aversive Conditioning: Comparing Pavlovian Fear Conditioning and Inhibitory Avoidance

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Tinsley, Matthew R ^a   Quinn, Jennifer J ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0842347434     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.70204     Document Type: Review

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