Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Enhances Extinction and Reduces Renewal of Conditioned Fear

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1348-1355

  Graham, Bronwyn M ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fear extinction; Fibroblast growth factor 2; Rat; Renewal

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951130997     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.3     Document Type: Article

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