Enhanced generalization of auditory conditioned fear in juvenile mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Ito, Wataru ^a   Pan, Bing Xing ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Thakur, Siddarth ^a   Morozov, Alexei ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME;

EID: 61349101485     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1190809     Document Type: Article

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