The role of nucleus accumbens shell in learning about neutral versus excitatory stimuli during Pavlovian fear conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 337-343

  Bradfield, Laura A ^a   McNally, Gavan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEAR; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSHOCK; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS;

EID: 77954410996     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1798810     Document Type: Article

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