The role of amygdala nuclei in the expression of auditory signaled two-way active avoidance in rats

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Choi, June Seek ^a,c   Cain, Christopher K ^a   Ledoux, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYSIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOOTSHOCK; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROLYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77649137087     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1676610     Document Type: Article

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