Early-life exposure to fibroblast growth factor-2 facilitates context-dependent long-term memory in developing rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Graham, Bronwyn M ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contextual fear; Developing rat; Extinction; Fibroblast growth factor 2; Renewal

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AGING; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FOOT; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FOOT; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953781739     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019582     Document Type: Article

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