NMDA partial agonist reverses blocking of extinction of aversive memory by GABAA agonist in the Amygdala

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 542-550

  Akirav, Irit ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Conditioned aversion; Extinction; GABAA; NMDA; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE AVERSION;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLOSERINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33847075867     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301050     Document Type: Article

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