Effects of REM deprivation and an NMDA agonist on the extinction of conditioned fear

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 274-281

  Silvestri, Amy J ^a   Root, David H ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D cycloserine; Extinction; Fear conditioning; NMDA; Rapid eye movement sleep; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEAR; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 42449113080     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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