Social modulation of associative fear learning by pheromone communication

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-18

  Bredy, Timothy W ^a,b   Barad, Mark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENETHYLAMINE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENETHYLAMINES; PHEROMONES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SMELL;

EID: 58149333846     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1226009     Document Type: Article

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