Opioid receptors mediate direct predictive fear learning: Evidence from one-trial blocking

Learning and Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Cole, Sindy ^a   McNally, Gavan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 34247181935     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.489507     Document Type: Article

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