Temporary inactivation of the nucleus accumbens disrupts acquisition and expression of fear-potentiated startle in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1027, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Schwienbacher, Isabel ^a   Fendt, Markus ^a   Richardson, Rick ^b   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Fear potentiation of startle; Learned fear; Long term memory; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization; Short term memory; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 5644261724     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.037     Document Type: Article

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