Fear conditioning is associated with synaptogenesis in the lateral amygdala

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 513-519

  Dalzell, L ^a   Connor, S ^a   Penner, M ^a   Saari, M J ^a   Leboutillier, J C ^b   Weeks, A C W ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear conditioning; Learning; Memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79953284996     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20869     Document Type: Article

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