Effect of mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lesion on contextual fear conditioning in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1008, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-272

  Li, Xiao Bai ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Nakagawa, Shin ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Contextual fear conditioning; Emotional learning and memory; Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; Neural basis of behavior, learning and memory; Radiofrequency lesion; Systems and functions animals

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEFECATION; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SHOCK; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEFECATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2442481832     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.038     Document Type: Article

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