Temporal-Difference Prediction Errors and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning: Role of NMDA and Opioid Receptors

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1043-1052

  Cole, Sindy ^a   McNally, Gavan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

fear; NMDA; opioid; prediction; temporal difference

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748963871     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.5.1043     Document Type: Article

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