Recovery of fear memories in rats: Role of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) in infantile amnesia

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-48

  Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   McNally, Gavan P ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fear; FG7142; GABA; Infantile amnesia; Latent inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FREEZING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; SHOCK; TRAINING;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARBOLINES; FEAR; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INJECTIONS; MENTAL RECALL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 33644797563     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.40     Document Type: Article

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