Olfactory-mediated fear conditioning in mice: Simultaneous measurements of fear-potentiated startle and freezing

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 329-335

  Jones, Seth V ^a,b   Heldt, Scott A ^a,b   Davis, Michael ^a,b   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE; PENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; FEAR; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; REINFORCEMENT; SMELLING; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COLD; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ODORS; PENTANOLS; SMELL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 14044270801     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.1.329     Document Type: Article

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