Hippocampal activity, but not plasticity, is required for early consolidation of fear conditioning with a short trace interval

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2483-2490

  Burman, Michael A ^a   Gewirtz, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hippocampus; NMDA; Rat; Startle; VGCC

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DILTIAZEM; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247225656     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05493.x     Document Type: Article

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