Influence of ethanol withdrawal on fear memory: Effect of d-cycloserine

Neuroscience

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 979-990

  Bertotto, M E ^a   Bustos, S G ^a   Molina, V A ^a   Martijena, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

d cycloserine; ethanol dependence; extinction; fear learning; NMDA; reinstatement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLOSERINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750408553     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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