Early postnatal stress alters the extinction of context-dependent conditioned fear in adult rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Matsumoto, Machiko ^a,b   Togashi, Hiroko ^b   Konno, Kohtaro ^a   Koseki, Hiroyo ^a,b   Hirata, Riki ^b   Izumi, Takeshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Taku ^b   Yoshioka, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptors; Contextual fear conditioning; Development; Early postnatal stress; Extinction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; DIAZEPAM; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TANDOSPIRONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLOSERINE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 40849130063     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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