Lack of medial prefrontal cortex activation underlies the immediate extinction deficit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 832-837

  Kim, Seok Chan ^a   Jo, Yong Sang ^a   Kim, Il Hwan ^b   Kim, Hyun ^b   Choi, June Seek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN V FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL COUNT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY NERVE; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INDOLES; LIMBIC SYSTEM; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75749125389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4145-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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