Neonatal odor-shock conditioning alters the neural network involved in odor fear learning at adulthood

Learning and Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 649-656

  Sevelinges, Yannick ^a   Sullivan, Regina M ^b   Messaoudi, Belkacem ^a   Mouly, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIENCE; FACILITATION; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ODOR SHOCK CONDITIONING; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 51649089920     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.998508     Document Type: Article

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