Fear extinction across development: The involvement of the medial prefrontal cortex as assessed by temporary inactivation and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 10802-10808

  Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Hamlin, Adam S ^b   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69749101049     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0596-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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