Hippocampal NMDA receptors are necessary for auditory trace fear conditioning measured with conditioned hypoalgesia in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-268

  Seo, Dong Oh ^a   Pang, Min Hee ^a   Shin, Maeng Sik ^b   Kim, Hyun Taek ^a   Choi, June Seek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conditioned hypoalgesia; Hippocampus; NMDA; Trace conditioning

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TAIL FLICK TEST; TRAINING;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249130784     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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