Trace and contextual fear conditioning require neural activity and NMDA receptor-dependent transmission in the medial prefrontal cortex

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 289-296

  Gilmartin, Marieke R ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACE FEAR CONDITIONING;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCIMOL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALINE;

EID: 77953047945     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1597410     Document Type: Article

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