Fear extinction in rodents

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 47, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Chun Hui ^a   Knapska, Ewelina ^a   Orsini, Caitlin A ^a   Rabinak, Christine A ^a   Zimmerman, Joshua M ^a   Maren, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Extinction; Fear; Phobia; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CALIBRATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MICE; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RODENTIA;

EID: 64249150712     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0823s47     Document Type: Review

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