The effect of D-cycloserine on immediate vs. delayed extinction of learned fear

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 547-551

  Langton, Julia M ^a   Richardson, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649591535     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1927310     Document Type: Article

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