Complementary roles for amygdala and periaqueductal gray in temporal-difference fear learning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Cole, Sindy ^a   McNally, Gavan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; IFENPRODIL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEAR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 58149327456     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1120509     Document Type: Article

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