Pentylenetetrazole as an unconditioned stimulus for olfactory and contextual fear conditioning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-518

  Cavalli, Juliana ^a   Bertoglio, Leandro J ^a   Carobrez, Antonio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conditioned defensive behavior; Contextual fear conditioning; Midazolam; Olfactory fear conditioning; Pentylenetetrazole; Second order conditioning

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COFFEE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 69949105892     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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