Hemispheric differences in protein kinase C βII levels in the rat amygdala: Baseline asymmetry and lateralized changes associated with cue and context in a classical fear conditioning paradigm

Neuroscience

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 797-807

  Orman, R ^a   Stewart, M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; asymmetry; behavior; laterality; limbic system; protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C BETA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEAR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33845785203     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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