Erratum: The expression of contextual fear conditioning involves activation of an NMDA Receptor-nitric oxide pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex (Cerebral Cortex (2008) 18 (2027-2035) DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm232);The expression of contextual fear conditioning involves activation of an NMDA receptor-nitric oxide pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2027-2035

  Moraes Resstel, Leonardo Barbosa ^a   De Aguiar Corrêa, Fernando Morgan ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Glutamatergic system; Infralimbic cortex; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DECAHYDRO 6 PHOSPHONOMETHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEAR; FREEZING; HEART RATE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

EID: 54149092167     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp014     Document Type: Erratum

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