Early sensory pathways for detection of fearful conditioned stimuli: Tectal and thalamic relays

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 7762-7776

  Cohen, Jeremy D ^a   Castro Alamancos, Manuel A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Fear; Operant conditioning; Sensory processing; Superior colliculus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TETRODOTOXIN; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 34447638153     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1124-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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