NMDA receptors are essential for the acquisition, but not expression, of conditional fear and associative spike firing in the lateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 537-548

  Goosens, Ki A ^a   Maren, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CPP; Freezing; Glutamate; Long term potentiation; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXAMINATION; FEAR; FREEZING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECORDING; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; MALE; PIPERAZINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242776845     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03513.x     Document Type: Article

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