D-cycloserine facilitates extinction but does not eliminate renewal of the conditioned emotional response

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1159-1162

  Woods, Amanda M ^a   Bouton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; D cycloserine; Extinction; NMDA; Renewal

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FACILITATION; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; MENTAL RECALL; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33750049662     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.5.1159     Document Type: Article

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