Stress enhancement of fear learning in mice is dependent upon stressor type: Effects of sex and ovarian hormones

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-262

  Sanders, Matthew J ^a   Stevens, Sheryl ^a   Boeh, Henry ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Hormones; Pavlovian fear conditioning; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; FEAR; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RIGIDITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION;

EID: 77955581004     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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