Activation of the infralimbic cortex in a fear context enhances extinction learning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 591-599

  Thompson, Brittany M ^a   Baratta, Michael V ^b   Biedenkapp, Joseph C ^c   Rudy, Jerry W ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEAR; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROINJECTIONS; PICROTOXIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78649605958     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1920810     Document Type: Article

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