Dopamine is necessary for cue-dependent fear conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 11089-11097

  Fadok, Jonathan P ^a,b   Dickerson, Tavis M K ^b   Palmiter, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LEVODOPA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE DEFICIENT MOUSE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEAR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DOPAMINE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 70349102143     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1616-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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