Effects of multiple exposures to D-cycloserine on extinction of conditioned fear in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-231

  Parnas, A Sophie ^a   Weber, Marianne ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

D Cycloserine; Extinction; Freezing; Learned fear; Rats

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEAR; FREEZING; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

EID: 16844387460     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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