Amygdala central nucleus function is necessary for learning but not expression of conditioned visual orienting

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 240-248

  McDannald, Michael ^a   Kerfoot, Erin ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a   Holland, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala central nucleus; Attention; Conditioning; NBQX; Orienting; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3142745190     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03458.x     Document Type: Article

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