Effects of post-training hippocampal injections of midazolam on fear conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 573-578

  Gafford, Georgette M ^a   Parsons, Ryan G ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; MIDAZOLAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; FEAR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA MODULATORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIDAZOLAM; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28844448660     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.51305     Document Type: Article

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