Short- and long-term effects of cannabinoids on the extinction of contextual fear memory in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 290-293

  Pamplona, Fabrício A ^a   Bitencourt, Rafael M ^a   Takahashi, Reinaldo N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AM404; Cannabinoid; Extinction; Fear conditioning; SR141716A; WIN55212 2

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENDOCANNABINOID; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; RIMONABANT; WI 55212 2;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZOXAZINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CANNABINOIDS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44649136682     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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