The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critically involved in enhancing associative learning after stressful experience

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1459-1466

  Bangasser, Debra A ^a   Santollo, Jessica ^a   Shors, Tracey J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Classical conditioning; Corticosterone; Eyeblink

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31344475033     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.6.1459     Document Type: Article

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