Impaired auditory and contextual fear conditioning in soman-exposed rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-129

  Moffett, Mark C ^a   Schultz, Mark K ^a   Schwartz, Julia E ^a   Stone, Michael F ^a   Lumley, Lucille A ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Soman; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

1 (4 CARBAMOYLPYRIDINIO) 1' (2 HYDROXYIMINOMETHYLPYRIDINIO)DIMETHYL ETHER; ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; SOMAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEAR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; LD 50; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMAN; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78651229422     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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